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 pancreas shows strong cytoplasmic positivity in islet cells.
Immunohistochemical staining of human liver shows moderate cytoplasmic positivity in hepatocytes.
Summary
Pancreatic islet cells showed strong staining in the whole cytoplasm while renal tubules and gall bladder showed strong dot-like staining. Hepatocytes, the adrenal gland and Leydig cells in testis exhibited moderate cytoplasmic immunoreactivity. Heart muscle cells exhibited moderate staining in cytoplasm and intercalated discs. Remaining normal tissues were negative or weakly stained.
Strong cytoplasmic positivity was observed in thyroid gland. Hepatocytes, renal tubules and squamous epithelia exhibited weak to moderate cytoplasmic immunoreactivity. The remaining normal tissues were mainly negative.
Validation
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 dissimilar or partly similar staining patterns and there is no available gene/protein characterization data or only limited gene/protein characterization data
