Table 5.

Quantitative analysis of the coexistence between P2Y₄ receptor-ir cells and FSH, PRL, TSH and S100 (positive cell number/0.36 mm²)

	P2Y+4		P2Y4−
	Number	%	Number	%
FSH+	52 ± 17	95 (p1)	21 ± 7	29 (p9)
FSH−	3 ± 2	5 (p2)	NA	NA
PRL+	0	0 (p3)	47 ± 15	100 (p10)
PRL−	62 ± 18	100 (p4)	NA	NA
TSH+	56 ± 21	97 (p5)	31 ± 14	36 (p11)
TSH−	2 ± 1	3 (p6)	NA	NA
S100+	0	0 (p7)	42 ± 12	100 (p12)
S100−	49 ± 22	100 (p8)	NA	NA

P2Y⁺₄FSH⁺, P2Y₄ receptor-ir cells also expressing FSH; P2Y⁺₄FSH⁻, P2Y₄ receptor-ir cells not expressing FSH; P2Y₄⁻FSH⁺, FSH-ir cells not expressing P2Y₄; P2Y₄⁻FSH⁻, expressing neither P2Y₄ receptor-ir nor FSH-ir cells; NA, not assayed; p1 = number of P2Y⁺₄FSH⁺/total number of P2Y⁺₄ cells × 100; p2 = number of P2Y⁺₄FSH⁻/total number of P2Y⁺₄ cells × 100; p3 = number of P2Y⁺₄PRL⁺/total number of P2Y⁺₄ cells × 100; p4 = number of P2Y⁺₄PRL⁻/total number of P2Y⁺₄ cells × 100; p5 = number of P2Y⁺₄TSH⁺/total number of P2Y⁺₄ cells × 100; p6 = number of P2Y⁺₄TSH⁻/total number of P2Y⁺₄ cells × 100; p7 = number of P2Y⁺₄S100⁺/total number of P2Y⁺₄ cells × 100; p8 = number of P2Y⁺₄S100⁻/total number of P2Y⁺₄ cells × 100; p9 = number of FSH⁺ P2Y₄⁻/total number of TSH⁺ cells × 100; p10 = number of PRL⁺P2Y₄⁻/total number of PRL⁺ cells × 100; p11 = number of P2Y₄⁻TSH⁺ cells/total number of TSH⁺ cells × 100; p12 = number of P2Y₄⁻S100⁺ cells/total number of S100⁺ cells × 100