Expression of Potential Dermal Progenitor Cell Markers in the Tumour and Stroma of Skin Adnexal Malignant and Benign Tumours

Table 1

Expression profile of potential dermal progenitor markers in normal skin (epidermis and dermis).

Antibody		CRABP1	Nestin	Ephrin B2C	Ephrin B2N
Anatomical structure
Epidermis	Str. corneum	0	0	0	0
	Str. granulosum	0	0	0	0
	Str. spinosum	0	0	0	0
	Str. basale	0	0	0	0
Hair follicle	Epidermal HRS	0	0	0	0
	Outer HRS	0	2	1	1
	Inner HRS	0	0	1	1
Cortex	Hair matrix	0	0	1	1
	Presumptive cortex	0	0	3	1
Sebaceous gland	Luminal	0	0	2	0
Acinus	Basal	0	0	0	0
Sebaceous gland	Basal sebocytes	1	0	0	0
	Suprabasal sebocytes	2	0	2	1
Eccrine sweat glands		0	0	0	0
Acrosyringium	Basal cells	0	0	0	0
	Luminal cells	0	0	0	0
Dermis	Epidermal/dermal interface	2	1	0	0
	Papillary dermis	1	1	1	0
	Reticulary dermis	0	1	0	0

0 = no expression detectable. 1 = <33% of cells stained positively. 2 = 33-66% of cells stained positively. 3 = >66% of cells stained positively.