CD21, IHC with Interpretation

Test Code

40037X

CPT Codes
88342

Preferred Specimen

Formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue in an IHC specimen transport kit

Instructions

Pathology report is required

Transport Temperature

Room temperature

Specimen Stability

Room temperature: Indefinite
Refrigerated: Indefinite
Frozen: Unacceptable

Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)

Tissue in formalin

Methodology
Immunohistochemical Stain

Setup Schedule

A.M.

Clinical Significance

CD21 antigen is a type I integral membrane glycoprotein of molecular weight 140 kD, which functions as the receptor for the C3d fragment of the third complement component. The CD21 molecule, present on mature B cells,is involved in transmitting growth-promoting signals to the interior of the B cell and acts as a receptor for Epstein-Barr virus. CD21 antigen is reported to be found in B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemias and in a subset of T cell acute lymphocytic leukemias, but is absent on T lymphocytes, monocytes and granulocytes. CD21 antigen is also reported to be expressed in follicular dendritic cells and in follicular and centrocytic lymphomas, mature leukemias and lymphomas and at high density in follicular dendretic cells.

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