Table 2 Comparative immunohistochemical characteristics of telocytes from placental villi in patients in the preeclampsia and control groups.
From: Ultrastructural and Immunohistochemical Features of Telocytes in Placental Villi in Preeclampsia
Group | Control group | Patients with EPE | Patients with LPE | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Immature inter-mediate villi | Mature inter-mediate villi | Stem villi (myofibroblasts) | Immature intermediate villi | Mature inter-mediate villi | Stem villi (myofibroblasts) | Immature inter-mediate villi | Mature inter-mediate villi | Stem villi (myofibroblasts) | ||||
Marker | under STB | in villous stroma | under STB | in villous stroma | under STB | in villous stroma | ||||||
Vimentin | ++ | ++ | +++ | +++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | +++ | +++ |
CD34 | − | − | +− s. c. | + | − | − | +− s.c. | − | − | +− s.c. | − | +− s.c. |
CD117 | +++* | ++ | + | +−++ | +++* | + | +− | +− | +−* | + | +− | +− |
SMA | − | − | − | +++ | − | − | − | +− | − | − | − | +−++ |
TMEM16a (DOG-1) | + | + | + | ++/+** | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
