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. 2021 Mar 25;13:12. doi: 10.1038/s41368-021-00115-7

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

Primary culture, immunocytochemistry identification, and RNA sequencing of NFs and CAFs in OSCC. a The phenotypes of NFs, CAFs, and Cal-27 cells were determined by staining for specific markers of stromal mesenchymal cells (vimentin, FSP-1) and epithelial cells (cytokeratin, CK) via immunocytochemistry. Scale bars: 50 μm. Representative images from each group are presented. b The phenotypes of NFs and CAFs were determined by staining for specific markers of CAFs (α-SMA, FAP, and FDGFR-β) via immunocytochemistry. Scale bars: 50 μm. c Heatmap of the differentially expressed lncRNAs between CAFs and NFs. n = 3, P < 0.05, fold change >2. d Bubble chart showing the enriched KEGG pathway analysis terms of differentially expressed genes between CAFs and NFs