Table 2 PCR, in situ hybridization and immunohistochemical results for paraffin specimens of human control thyroid tissues

From: Detection of human parvovirus B19 in papillary thyroid carcinoma

   

B19 status

IHC of NF- κ B p65

Case

Age, years

Sex

nPCR

ISH

IHC

Cytoplasmic

Nuclear

Normal controls

1

36

F

+

2

42

F

+

3

67

F

4

59

F

+

ND

ND

5

44

F

+

+

ND

ND

6

25

F

7

57

F

+

+

+

+

8

49

F

9

60

M

 10

45

F

+

 11

58

F

+

 12

36

F

 13

51

F

 14

40

F

+

 15

32

F

 16

48

F

Benign thyroid nodules

1

41

F

+

+

+

+

2

52

F

+

+

+

3

52

F

+

+

+

4

28

F

+

5

56

M

+

6

41

M

+

7

22

F

+

8

59

M

+

+

9

21

F

+

+

 10

58

F

+

+

+

 11

54

F

 12

43

F

ND

ND

 13

39

F

 14

38

F

+

+

 15

42

F

+

+

+

+

 16

34

F

+

 17

51

F

+

+

 18

68

F

+

+

+

+

 19

41

F

+

+

 20

25

F

+

+

+

+

 21

28

F

+

+

+

+

 22

40

F

+

+

 23

53

F

+

+

+

+

+

 24

50

F

+

+

+

 25

35

F

+

+

+

 26

51

M

+

 27

44

M

+

+

+

+

 28

62

M

+

+

+

+

 29

21

F

 30

39

F

+

+

ND

ND

 31

54

F

+

+

+

 32

57

F

+

 33

54

F

+

+

+

 34

41

F

+

 35

46

F

+

+

+

 36

48

F

+

+

 37

51

F

+

 38

32

F

+

+

 39

63

F

+

+

+

Medullary thyroid carcinoma

1

33

F

+

+

2

68

F

3

68

F

+

+

+

+

4

55

M

+

+

+

5

30

F

+

6

39

F

7

58

M

+

+

8

46

F

+

9

32

F

+

Follicular thyroid carcinoma

1

37

F

+

+

2

72

F

+

+

+

3

35

M

+

4

57

F

+

5

56

F

+

+

6

33

F

+

+

7

64

F

+

+

8

57

F

+

+

9

41

F

+

+

 10

70

F

+

  1. IHC=immunohistochemistry; ISH=in situ hybridisation; ND =not done as the blocks were used up; NF-κB=nuclear factor kappa B; nPCR=nested PCR.