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Carcinoembryonic antigen in normal tissue
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Fig. 1A. CEA in the surface and crypt epithelium of normal colon. Membraneous and cytoplasmic staining with mAb Col-1 (Zymed).

Fig. 1B. CEA in the surface and crypt epithelium of normal small intestine. Membraneous and cytoplasmic staining with mAb Col-1, weaker than in colon.

Fig. 1C. CEA in the surface and mucous neck cells of normal pyloric mucosa. Membraneous and cytoplasmic staining with mAb Col-1. Fig. 1D. CEA in esophagus, showing destinct membraneous staining of the squamous cell epithelium. mAb Col-1.

Biliary glycoprotein-1 in normal tissue
Fig. 1E. Normal liver with strong membraneous staining of BGP in bile canaliculi. pAb CEA A0115 (DakoCytomation). Note that this should not be termed a CEA staining.
HH/MV/AS

Last update 10-11-2004