Table 1. Histopathological evaluation of abnormal behavior of Cldn10-positive cells in COPD and IPF lungs.
Hypercellularity of Cldn10-positive cells in bronchiolar epithelium | Cellular mass in the airspace containing Cldn10-positive cells | Infiltration of Cldn10-positive cells into thickened interstitium | |
---|---|---|---|
COPD No. 1 | − | − | − |
COPD No. 2 | − | + | − |
COPD No. 3 | − | − | − |
COPD No. 4 | − | + | − |
COPD No. 5 | + | + | − |
COPD No. 6 | − | − | − |
IPF No. 1 | + | + | + |
IPF No. 2 | + | + | + |
IPF No. 3 | + | + | − |
IPF No. 4 | + | + | − |
IPF No. 5 | + | + | − |
IPF No. 6 | + | + | + |
+: One or more fields exhibit the histopathological finding defined at the top of each column
−: No field exhibits the histopathological finding defined at the top of each column