Table 1.
Immunohistochemical characteristics of stemness markers in human endometrial tissue sections
| Markers |
Expression
in glandular epithelium |
Expression
in stroma |
Basalis
stroma |
Functionalis stroma |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CD146 | - | ++ | ++ | + |
| CD90 | - | +++ | ++ | +++ |
| CD105 | - | +++ | ++ | +++ |
| Oct4 | - | + | ++ | + |
| Nanog | - | + | ++ | + |
| Sox2 | - | - | - | - |
| Klf4 | - | - | - | - |
| CD9 | ++++ | - | - | - |
| EpCAM | ++++ | - | - | - |
The intensity of immunoreactive cells at different parts of endometrial tissue sections was divided into 5 grades from low to high (-, +, ++, +++, ++++).