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. 2007 Sep 27;370(9593):1137–1145. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61515-3

Table 1.

Results of in-situ hybridisation and immunohistochemistry in selected organs and cell types

Patient 1
Patient 2
Fetus
ISH* IHC ISH IHC ISH IHC
Trachea +/+ +/+ +/+ +/+ .. ..
Bronchi −/− −/− −/− −/− +/+ +/+
Alveolar pneumocytes +/+ +/+ −/− −/− +/+ +/+
Lymph nodes +/+ .. +/+ +/+ .. ..
Spleen −/− −/− −/− −/− .. ..
Heart −/− −/− −/− −/− −/− −/−
Endothelial cells −/− −/− −/− −/− −/− −/−
Hepatocytes −/− −/− −/− −/− −/− ..
Kupffer cells −/− −/− −/− −/− +/+ ..
Kidneys −/− −/− −/− −/− −/− ..
Small intestine +/+ −/− +/+ −/− −/− ..
Brain .. .. +/+ +/+ .. ..
Syncytiotrophoblasts −/− −/− n/a n/a n/a n/a
Cytotrophoblasts +/+ +/+ n/a n/a n/a n/a
Hofbauer cells +/+ +/+ n/a n/a n/a n/a
Circulating mononuclear cells −/− −/− −/− +/+ +/+ +/+

ISH=in-situ hybridisation. IHC=immunohistochemistry. n/a=not applicable. Plus sign=positive. Minus sign=negative.

*

Results presented for sense/antisense probes (identical results for nucleoprotein and haemagglutinin).

Results presented for nucleoprotein/haemagglutinin signals (nucleoprotein mainly detected in nucleus and haemagglutinin in cytoplasm).

Includes putative T lymphocytes.