GCET1

Formalin-fixed, paraffin embedded tissue block or cell block, or 1 unstained charged slide for each test requested plus 3-4 additional unstained slides cut at 4 microns. Adequate space on each slide for control tissue is required.

This is a send out test.

Identifies: GCET1, a cytoplasmic protein that is relatively specific for normal germinal center B cells and germinal center-derived B cell neoplasms, including follicular lymphoma, Burkitt lymphoma, a subset of diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL), and nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin lymphoma. GCET is also used as part of a panel of markers in immunohistochemical distinction of germinal center-derived DLBCL from non-germinal center-derived DLBCL.