Table 3.
Intergroup comparison of expression of BMP4 and FGF8 in odontogenic tumors and odontogenic cyst.
| BMP4 | FGF8 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +++ | ++ | + | − | +++ | ++ | + | − | ||
| SMA | |||||||||
| Epithelial component | |||||||||
| Columnar cells (ameloblast like) | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| N | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| Central cells (stellate reticulum like) | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| N | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
| Mesenchymal component | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| N | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| OKC | |||||||||
| Epithelial component | |||||||||
| Basal cells | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| N | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| Parabasal cells | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | |
| Mesenchymal component | C | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| N | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |
| AF | |||||||||
| Epithelial component | |||||||||
| Columnar cells (ameloblast like) | C | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| N | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
| Ectomesenchymal component | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| N | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
| OM | |||||||||
| Mesenchymal component | C | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| N | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | |
C: cytoplasm; N: nucleus.