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Definition / general | Terminology | Diagrams / tables | Interpretation | Uses by pathologists | Microscopic (histologic) images | Positive staining - normal | Positive staining - disease | Negative stainingCite this page: Pernick N. CXCR2. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/stainscxcr2.html. Accessed January 20th, 2021.
Definition / general
- Interleukin 8 receptor beta subunit (IL8RB); binds multiple CXC chemokines including IL-8 (CXCL8)
- Chemokine receptor, powerful neutrophil chemotactic factor, particularly to sites of inflammation
Terminology
- Also called CD182; formerly called CD128b
Interpretation
- Cytoplasmic staining
Uses by pathologists
- No significant uses by pathologists
Positive staining - normal
- Mature granulocytes, keratinocytes, neuroendocrine cells, projection neurons (Arch Pathol Lab Med 2000;124:520)
Positive staining - disease
- Carcinoid tumor (classic, atypical, metastatic), pituitary adenoma, pheochromocytoma, medullary carcinoma
Negative staining
- Parathyroid cells
- Small cell carcinoma of lung/cervix, large cell lung neuroendocrine carcinoma, Merkel cell carcinoma, neuroblastoma, melanoma