Table 2.
Cell type | Ku80 | hMito | Alu |
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Nervous system | |||
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Neurons | +++ | ++ | +++ |
Glial cells | +++ | + | +++ |
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Endocrine system | |||
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Thyrocytes | +++ | ++ | +++ |
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Respiratory system | |||
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Pneumocytes type I | +++ | − | +++ |
Pneumocytes type II | +++ | +++ | +++ |
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Digestive tract | |||
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Esophageal epithelium | +++ | +++ | +++ |
Fundic glands | +++ | +++ | +++ |
Enterocytes | +++ | +++ | +++ |
Goblet cells | +++ | +++ | +++ |
Lieberkuhn's glands | +++ | +++ | +++ |
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Digestive organs | |||
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Liver: | |||
Hepatocytes | +++ | +++ | +++ |
Bile duct | +++ | +++ | +++ |
Pancreas: | |||
Islets of Langerhans | +++ | + | +++ |
Acinar cells | +++ | ++ | +++ |
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Immune system | |||
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Spleen, lymph node, tonsil: | |||
Lymphocytes | +++ | ++ | +++ |
Hematopoietic cells | ++ | +++ | +++ |
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Urinary tract | |||
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Kidney: | |||
Proximal tubule | +++ | +++ | +++ |
Loop of Henle | +++ | +++ | +++ |
Collecting duct | +++ | ++ | +++ |
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Connective tissue | |||
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Fibroblasts | ++ | + | +++ |
Chondrocytes | +++ | + | +++ |
Osteoblasts | +++ | + | +++ |
Osteocytes | +++ | + | +++ |
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Muscle and cardiovascular system | |||
| |||
Smooth muscle | ++ | ++ | +++ |
Skeletal muscle | +++ | ++ | +++ |
Cardiomyocytes | +++ | ++ | +++ |
Endothelial cells | +++ | + | +++ |
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Reproductive system | |||
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Testis: | |||
Spermatogonia | +++ | ++ | +++ |
Spermatid | +++ | ++ | +++ |
Spermatozoa | − | − | +++ |
Leydig cells | +++ | +++ | +++ |
Prostate: | |||
Epithelial cells | +++ | ++ | +++ |
Uterus: | |||
Myometrium | +++ | ++ | +++ |
Endometrial glands | +++ | +++ | +++ |
Mammary glands | +++ | +++ | +++ |
Placenta: | |||
Cytotrophoblast | +++ | ++ | +++ |
Syncitiotrophoblast | +++ | +++ | +++ |
Labeling for Ku80 and Alu was mostly confined to the nucleus unlike cytoplasm staining for hMito. Immunoreactivity was assessed by semi-quantitative scoring.
−: 0%; +: <30%; ++: 30–60%; +++: >60% of immunoreactive cells throughout the whole organ; hMito: Human mitochondria.