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. 2005 Jul 6;77(2):280–296. doi: 10.1086/432518

Figure 8.

Figure 8

Expression of puratrophin-1 in control human and mouse tissues. A and B, Human testis. C and D, Human prostate gland. E and F, Human pancreas. G and H, Human kidney. I and J, Mouse cochlea. A, C, E, G, and I, Immunohistochemical analysis with use of the polyclonal anti–puratrophin-1 antibody SV01. B, D, F, H, and J, Hematoxylin and eosin stain of the section adjacent to that shown in A, C, E, G, and I, respectively. Puratrophin-1 is expressed in many tissues, with varying strength. In particular, Leydig cells in the testis (arrow in A), epithelial cells in the prostate gland (C), and Langerhans islet in the pancreas (E) showed strong immunoreactivity. Immunoreactivity in the kidney was weak (G). Expression in the cochlea was particularly intense at the sensory hairlets (arrow in I). Hair cells of the stria vascularis also showed immunoreactivity (arrowhead in I). All scale bars = 50 μm.