Canine transmissible venereal sarcoma: electron microscopic changes with time after transplantation. 1977

J R Kennedy, and T J Yang, and P L Allen

The structure of canine transmissible venereal sarcoma (CTVS) has been examined from 14 to 71 days after implantation. During early growth, the tumour appears to be composed primarily of loosely arranged, round cells and a few fibroblast-like cells. As the tumour mass increases, the round cells become tightly packed with highly interdigitating plasma membranes. The number of irregularly shaped round cells and fibroblast-like cells increases with increasing tumour mass. Collagen and reticular fibres can be found in early tumours, frequently in association with the round cells, and in regions devoid of fibroblast-like cells. During tumour regression, cellular degradation is evident in fibroblast-like and irregularly shaped cells as well as round cells. The data suggest that transformation may occur in the course of tumour growth, causing morphological change from round to fibroblast-like cells, and that CTVS is an undifferentiated round-cell sarcoma capable of differentiation in a fibroblastic direction. Also present, primarily in tumour cells from newborn dogs, are cytoplasmic lamellar arrays and crystalline virus-like structures, both previously described in other forms of tumor cells.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007181 Inclusion Bodies, Viral An area showing altered staining behavior in the nucleus or cytoplasm of a virus-infected cell. Some inclusion bodies represent "virus factories" in which viral nucleic acid or protein is being synthesized; others are merely artifacts of fixation and staining. One example, Negri bodies, are found in the cytoplasm or processes of nerve cells in animals that have died from rabies. Negri Bodies,Viral Inclusion Bodies,Negri Body,Bodies, Negri,Bodies, Viral Inclusion,Body, Negri,Body, Viral Inclusion,Inclusion Body, Viral,Viral Inclusion Body
D008297 Male Males
D009365 Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous Disappearance of a neoplasm or neoplastic state without the intervention of therapy. Neoplasm Remission, Spontaneous,Remission, Spontaneous Neoplasm,Regression, Spontaneous Neoplasm,Spontaneous Neoplasm Regression,Spontaneous Neoplasm Remission
D009367 Neoplasm Staging Methods which attempt to express in replicable terms the extent of the neoplasm in the patient. Cancer Staging,Staging, Neoplasm,Tumor Staging,TNM Classification,TNM Staging,TNM Staging System,Classification, TNM,Classifications, TNM,Staging System, TNM,Staging Systems, TNM,Staging, Cancer,Staging, TNM,Staging, Tumor,System, TNM Staging,Systems, TNM Staging,TNM Classifications,TNM Staging Systems
D009368 Neoplasm Transplantation Experimental transplantation of neoplasms in laboratory animals for research purposes. Transplantation, Neoplasm,Neoplasm Transplantations,Transplantations, Neoplasm
D004285 Dogs The domestic dog, Canis familiaris, comprising about 400 breeds, of the carnivore family CANIDAE. They are worldwide in distribution and live in association with people. (Walker's Mammals of the World, 5th ed, p1065) Canis familiaris,Dog
D005260 Female Females
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D012513 Sarcoma, Experimental Experimentally induced neoplasms of CONNECTIVE TISSUE in animals to provide a model for studying human SARCOMA. EHS Tumor,Sarcoma, Engelbreth-Holm-Swarm,Sarcoma, Jensen,Experimental Sarcoma,Experimental Sarcomas,Sarcomas, Experimental,Engelbreth-Holm-Swarm Sarcoma,Jensen Sarcoma,Sarcoma, Engelbreth Holm Swarm,Tumor, EHS
D012749 Sexually Transmitted Diseases Diseases due to or propagated by sexual contact. Venereal Diseases,STDs,STIs,Sexually Transmitted Infections,Disease, Sexually Transmitted,Disease, Venereal,Diseases, Sexually Transmitted,Diseases, Venereal,Infection, Sexually Transmitted,Infections, Sexually Transmitted,STI,Sexually Transmitted Disease,Sexually Transmitted Infection,Transmitted Infection, Sexually,Transmitted Infections, Sexually,Venereal Disease

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