Fig. 4.

Sostdc1 expression in adult tissues. Sostdc1 expression was examined in wholemount and sectioned LacZ stained tissues, and was detected in the skin and hair follicles (A, a, and a′). A highly specialized region in the brain was positive for Sostdc1 (B and B′). Smooth muscles of the stomach (C and C′), intestine (D and D′) and esophagus (J), and skeletal muscle (K) expressed Sostdc1. Sostdc1 was also robustly expressed in the pancreas (E and E′) and kidney (F and F′) and in the nervous system Sostdc1 stained spinal ganglia (G) and the lungs (H). Neurons (I) and vasculature was also positive for Sostdc1 (L).