Specif Cells and Markers

   
 
Table 8-3 Specific Cells and Markers
 Cell typeMarkers
 
Macrophage
α 1-antitrypsin, lysozyme, HAM 56, CD 68
 
Melanocyte
S100, HMB 45, mart1/melanA, vimentin
 
Langerhans cell
S100, CD1a, vimentin
 
Merkel cell
CK20, neurofilament, chromogranin A, NSE, synaptophysin, ± EMA
 
Sebaceous gland
EMA, keratin
 
Sweat gland
CEA, EMA, keratin (cytoplasmic positivity), gross cystic disease fluid protein-15 (in apocrine and some eccrine), smooth muscle actin (in myoepithelial cells)
 
Fibroblast
Vimentin
 
Mast cell
CD117 (c-kit)
 
Myofibroblast
Muscle-specific actin, desmin (sometimes)
 
Dermal dendrocytes
Factor XIIIa
 
Blood vessels
Factor VIII–related Ag, CD31, CD34, vimetin
 
Nerves
Axons: neurofilament, NSE
 
Schwann cells: S100, GFAP, myelin basic protein (MBP)
 
Muscle
Smooth muscle actin