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. 2010 Jul 15;11:55. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-11-55

Table 1.

Expression of FMNL2 in various tissues and cell types

Tissue Cell type Staining* Comments
Adrenal gland Cortical cells +++ Partly granular

Medullary cells +++ Partly granular

Bone marrow Erythroid cells 0

Myeloid cells ++

Megakaryocytes +++

Breast Ductal epithelium +++

Lobular epithelium +++

Myoepithelium ++

Brain Neurons +++

Glial cells +++

Colon Epithelium +++

Duodenum Surface epithelium +++ Perinuclear apical dot

Brunner glands ++

Stromal cells +

Esophagus Squamous epithelium + Basal layer ++, surface layer 0

Kidney Podocytes +++

Mesangial cells 0

Tubular epithelium ++ Variable

Liver Hepatocytes +

Biliary duct epithelium +

Lung Alveolar epithelium +

Alveolar macrophages +++

Lymph node Follicular cells +++

Paracortical cells +++

Ovary Granulosa cells +++

Stromal cells ++

Pancreas Exocrine epithelium + Partly granular

Ductal epithelium +

Endocrine cells +++

Parathyroid gland Chief cells +++

Oxyphil cells +

Parotid gland Acinar cells ++ Partly granular

Adipocytes 0

Placenta Trophoblast +++

Stromal cells +

Endothelium 0

Prostate Epithelium ++ Perinuclear apical dot

Smooth mucle cells +

Peripheral nerve cells ++

Skin Keratinocytes + Basal layer ++, surface layer 0

Small intestine Enterocytes +++

Spleen White pulp cells +++

Red pulp cells +++

Stomach Glandular cells +++ Partly granular apically Surface epithelium weak

Stromal cells +

Striated muscle Myocytes +

Testis Spermatocytes +++

Sertoli cells +++

Leydig cells +

Thyroid gland Epithelium +++

Urinary bladder Urothelial cells ++ Weak in umbrella cells

Uterus Smooth muscle cells ++ Perinuclear dot

Secretory epithelium +++

Secretory stromal cells +

*0 = no staining, + = weak staining, + + = moderate staining, + + + = strong staining