The normal tissue page shows antibody staining and, when available, knowledge-based annotated protein expression in 46 human tissues. The assay and annotation is described here.
This page starts with a summary. The summary data can be based on one or more antibodies (reported by the "Antibodies in assay"-field). If the data is based on one single antibody, the IH validation score for that antibody is reported in the "Reliability (Single)"-field (color-coding described here). If the data is based on more than one antibody, the reliability score for the data is reported as "Reliability (APE)" (color-coding described here).
The tissues and cell types can be ordered by organ, cell type or alphabetically.
For each tissue and cell type, the antibody staining is given with the yellow-scale color-coding (described by the scale in the box to the right). Each available antibody is listed in a separate column and the antibody identifier is available at the bottom of the tissue list. The images and annotations can be accessed by clicking on the tissue name.
When available, a knowledge-based annotated protein expression (APE) is given to the right of the antibody staining values. The level of expression is given by a blue-scale color-coding (described by the scale in the box to the right).
At the very bottom of this page, a summary of the staining from each antibody is given, together with a representative image and the immunohistochemistry validation score for the antibody.
Immunohistochemical staining of human cerebellum shows strong cytoplasmic positivity in purkinje cells.
Immunohistochemical staining of human testis shows strong cytoplasmic positivity in cells in seminiferus ducts and Leydig cells.
Immunohistochemical staining of human breast shows moderate cytoplasmic and nuclear positivity in glandular cells.
Summary
Most normal cells showed moderate nuclear positivity in a fraction of cells, additional cytoplasmic immunoreactivity was observed in a few tissues. Strong positivity was observed in a subset of lymphoid cells and basal cells in vulva/anal skin. Purkinje cells showed strong cytoplasmic staining. The liver and myocytes were mainly negative.
Most normal tissues displayed moderate cytoplasmic positivity with additional nuclear staining in several cases. Strong cytoplasmic immunoreactivity was observed in gastrointestinal glands, exocrine pancreas, adrenal gland, testis and seminal vesicle. Additional membranous staining was showed in gastrointestinal glands and respiratory epithelia.
Normal tissues showed moderate to strong nuclear and cytoplasmic staining.
Validation
Two (or more) antibodies yielding partly similar staining patterns which are consistent with gene/protein characterization data
Two (or more) antibodies yielding partly similar staining patterns which are partly consistent with gene/protein characterization data or consistent with limited gene/protein characterization data
Two (or more) antibodies yielding partly similar staining patterns which are consistent with gene/protein characterization data
