Table 3. Detection of CNPY2 in selected normal mouse tissues.

Tissues and organs	Cell types	Detection
Digestive system	Tongue skeletal muscle	++
	Tongue epithelium	+++
	Salivary gland epithelium	+++
	Esophagus epithelium	+++
	Stomach epithelium	++
	Duodenum epithelium	++
	Jejunum epithelium	++
	Ileum epithelium	++
	Cecum epithelium	++
	Colon epithelium	+++
	Rectum epithelium	+++
	Bile duct epithelium	++
	Liver hepatocytes	+++
	Pancreas acinar epithelium	+/−
	Abdominal cavity adipocytes	+/−
Neural system	Brain neurons	++
	Retina epithelium	+/−
	Cornea epithelium	+
	Posterior pituitary	+/−
	Pituitary anterior lobe	+
	Pituitary intermediate lobe	+/−
	Pituitary posterior lobe	−
Endocrine system	Thyroid follicular epithelium	+++
	Parathyroid principal cells	++
	Adrenal gland cortex glomerulosa	++
	Adrenal gland cortex fasiculata	++
	Adrenal gland cortex reticularis	++
	Adrenal gland medulla	+++
	Pancreas Island of Langerhans	+
	Pancreas acini cells	+/−
Uro-genital system	Kidney glomeruli	+/−
	Kidney tubular epithelium	+/−
	Bladder epithelium	++

Detection was graded: −, not detectable; +/−, barely detectable; +, weak detection; ++, moderate detection; +++, strong detection.