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 smooth muscle shows strong positivity in smooth muscle cells.
Immunohistochemical staining of human duodenum shows strong cytoplasmic positivity in glandular cells.
Summary
Most normal cells showed weak immunoreactivity or were negative. Myoepithelial cells were distinctly stained. Purkinje cells, smooth muscle and megakarocytes in bone marrow showed strong cytoplasmic staining. Renal tubules, decidual cells and skeletal myocytes displayed moderate cytoplasmic staining.
Most of the normal cells showed weak to moderate cytoplasmic positivity. Strong staining was observed in the gastrointestinal tract, hepatocytes, renal tubuli, urothelium and subsets of lymphoid cells.
Validation
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
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
