Table 1.

Distribution of Clusterin Expression

Organ	Cell Type
Esophagus	Squamous epithelium (excepting basal cells)
Stomach	Foveolar epithelium (proximal stomach) Chief cells Antral glands
Duodenum	Brunner glands
Liver	Hepatocytes Bile duct epithelium
Pancreatobiliary tree	Pancreatic ductal epithelium Islets of Langerhans* Extrahepatic biliary epithelium Gallbladder epithelium
Testis	Sertoli cells
Epididymis	Epididymal epithelium
Ovary	Granulosa cells
Uterus	Endometrial epithelium Endocervical epithelium Ectocervical epithelium
Vagina	Squamous epithelium
Kidney	Distal convoluted tubules Transitional epithelium of pelvicalyceal system
Ureter	Transitional epithelium
Bladder	Transitional epithelium
Adrenal cortex	Zona glomerulosa
Larynx/trachea	Submucosal glands
Heart	Myocytes of left and right atria
Brain	Choroid plexus Ependyma Subpopulation of neurons and glia
Eye	Ciliary body epithelium
Joint space	Synovial lining cells

Based on in situ hybridization data from: Aronow BJ, Lund SD, Brown TL, Harmony JA, Witte DP. Apolipoprotein J expression at fluid-tissue interfaces: potential role in barrier cytoprotection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 1993;90(2):725–9.

^*See Discussion