Table 1.
Summary of the percentages of immunoreactive cells in embryonic ducts and the surrounding stroma present in various locations of the fetal reproductive tract.
| Gestational age (weeks) | EMA* |
Cytokeratin 7* |
ER* |
PR* |
Vimentin* |
CD10* |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | St | D | St | D | St | D | St | D | St | D | St | |
| 18 | 32 | − | 2 | − | 10 | − | 19 | 11 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 55 |
| 19 | 52 | − | − | − | 12 | − | 21 | 6 | 26 | 9 | − | 38 |
| 20 | 38 | − | − | 3 | 18 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 34 | 13 | − | 42 |
| 21 | 43 | − | − | − | 13 | − | 19 | 4 | 22 | 20 | − | 39 |
| 22 | 46 | − | − | − | 23 | − | 31 | 13 | 25 | 6 | − | 44 |
| 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | − | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | 53 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 44 | 9 | 53 | 32 | 4 | 64 |
| Mean value** | 264 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 92 | 4 | 147 | 51 | 195 | 84 | 6 | 282 |
D, embryonic duct; St, Stromal layer; *, percentage of cells expressing the indicated marker; mean value** [represents a ratio of the number of counted cells (200) divided by the number of immunolabeled cells].