Table 3 |
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The expression of GATA-4 and GATA-6 in different cell types of the gastrointestinal mucosa on the basis of conventional and double immunohistochemistry |
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Tissue |
Cell type |
GATA-4 |
GATA-6 |
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Stomach |
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Corpus |
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Surface epithelial cells |
++ |
++ |
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Neck cells |
+++ |
++ |
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Parietal cells |
+++ |
++ |
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Neuroendocrine cells |
- |
- |
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Antrum |
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Surface epithelial cells |
++ |
+ |
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Neck cells |
+++ |
++ |
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Glandular cells |
++ |
+++ |
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Neuroendocrine cells |
- |
- |
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Duodenum |
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Villus enterocytes |
+++ |
++ |
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Crypt enterocytes |
++ |
+++ |
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Neuroendocrine cells |
- |
- |
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Goblet cells |
- |
+ |
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Paneth cells |
- |
++ |
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Colon |
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Surface colonocytes |
- |
+ |
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Crypt cells |
- |
+++ |
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Goblet cells |
- |
++ |
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Neuroendocrine cells |
- |
- |
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The expression patterns based on the number of positive cells detected: - no expression, + low expression; <20% of the cells positive ++ moderate expression; 20–60% of the cells positive +++ abundant expression; >60% of the cells positive |
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Haveri et al. BMC Gastroenterology 2008 8:9 doi:10.1186/1471-230X-8-9 |
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