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. 2023 Nov 16;12(1):55. doi: 10.1038/s41389-023-00496-w

Fig. 7. NIK and RelB expression in primary papillary thyroid cancer.

Fig. 7

A Paraffin-embedded sections of nine PTC samples were immunostained using anti-NIK antibody and counterstained with hematoxylin. Representative views showing positive immunoreactivity in neoplastic papillae compared to stromal cells (indicated by arrows) with no immunoreactivity, are presented. B Paraffin-embedded sections of six PTC samples were immunostained using anti-RelB antibody and counterstained with hematoxylin (samples #1, #4, #5 and #7) or only immunostained using anti-RelB antibody (samples #2 and #3). Representative views showing positive cytoplasmic and nuclear immunoreactivity in tumoral cells are presented. Nuclear immunoreactivity is indicated by a slight gray to brown staining of nuclei in samples #1, #4, #5 and #7, compared to nuclei multinucleated giant cells (indicated by arrows in #1, #4 and #5) or stromal cells (indicated by an arrow in #7) which displayed blue staining. No hematoxylin staining in samples #2 and 3 allowed to clearly detect RelB nuclear immunopositivity in tumoral cells through a slight peroxydase-positive staining.