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Mucus glycoproteins of human amniotic fluid were used to generate a monoclonal antibody (MAb) FW6, which stained the intestine of a 24 week stage fetus. In adults, 76% of colonic adenocarcinomas (13/17) showed strong expression of the FW6 epitope, but it was not detected in the histologically normal mucosae adjacent to the tumours or in normal left colon mucosa. In addition, MAb FW6 stained large cell carcinomas of the lung (2/3), gastric carcinomas (5/11), and ovary adenocarcinomas (3/4). The expression in carcinomas can also be called ectopic for testing normal tissues. MAb FW6 was also reactive with pyloric mucus glands, Brunner's glands of the duodenum, Paneth cells of the ileum, pancreatic ducts, absorptive cells of the right colon, bronchiolar glands, kidney urothelia, and with a restricted number of normal mucinous tubuli of salivary gland. It was demonstrated to be under the control of the secretion gene only in intestinal Paneth cells and absorptive cells of the right colon. Comparative histochemical analysis comprising a panel of MAbs suggests that the corresponding epitope of the MAb FW6 is a type II chain related carbohydrate structure belonging to the Lex/Ley-antigen family, but is different from short chain Lex and Ley.
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Schwonzen, M., Schmits, R., Baldus, S. et al. Monoclonal antibody FW6 generated against a mucin-carbohydrate of human amniotic fluid recognises a colonic tumour-associated epitope. Br J Cancer 65, 559–565 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.1992.114
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