Fig. 2.

Representative IF images show the heterogeneity of LSC population in naïve and inflamed LSC, in which inflamed LSC reveals intermediate progenitor cells (CK5 and CK8 co-expressing cells). The upper panel shows CK5⁺ cells (green), no CK8⁺ cells (red), as well as CK5⁻/CK8⁻ cells in naïve LSC. The lower panel shows CK5⁺ (green), CK5⁺/CK8⁺ (green/red) co-expressing cells, as well as CK5⁻/CK8⁻ cells in inflamed LSC. (Scale bar: 50 μm)