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. 2018 Oct 5;9(11):5253–5268. doi: 10.1364/BOE.9.005253

Table 2. Classified vital cells in mammary tissue with distinct optical phenotypes.

Cell type Yellow
cytoplasm
Yellow nucleus Cyan
cytoplasm
Cyan nucleus Magenta
cytoplasm
Magenta
nucleus
Cell shape
Rat and human normal cells
Fibroblast 1 0 0 0 0 0 spindle
Adipocyte 1 0 0 0 0 0 crescent
Erythrocyte 1 0 0 0 0-1 0 round
Immune cell 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 round-like
Yellow-colored stromal cell 1 0 0 0 0 0 amoeboid

Rat and human cancer-associated cells
Tumor cells 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-1 diverse
Magenta-colored stromal cell 0 0 0 0 1 0 amoeboid
Cyan-colored stromal cell 0 0 1 0 0 0 amoeboid
Rat cells specific to cyan-colored field cancerization (2 out of 16 carcinogen-injected rats)
Tumor cell 0 0-1 0 1 0 0 round-like
Mesenchymal cell 0 0 0 1 0 0 elongated
Endothelial cell 0 0 0 1 0 0 elongated
Luminal epithelial 0 0 0 1 0 0 round-like

Huam cells specific to magenta-colored field cancerization (4 out of 12 breast cancer patients)
Tumor cell 0-1 0 0 0 1 0 round-like
Endothelial cell 0 0 0 0 1 0 elongated
Luminal epithelial 0 0 0 0 1 0
Myoepithelial 0 0 0 0 1 0 elongated