Normal Tissue Gallery Caldesmon

Adrenal gland

Aorta, media – Intense caldesmon-h staining of smooth muscle cells (Caldesmon-h immunohistochemistry)

Appendix, mucosa – Distinct caldesmon-h staining of pericryptal intestinal subepithelial myofibroblasts (ISEMFs) and of smooth muscle cells of the muscularis mucosae (Caldesmon-h immunohistochemistry)

Appendix, mucosa – Intense caldesmon-h positivity of intestinal subepithelial myofibroblasts (ISEMFs) and of the muscularis mucosae (Caldesmon-h immunohistochemistry)

Appendix, muscular wall – Intense caldesmon-h staining of smooth muscle cells (Caldesmon-h immunohistochemistry)

Bone marrow

Breast – Caldesmon-h staining of myoepithelial cells (Caldesmon-h immunohistochemistry)

Bronchus, mucosa – Caldesmon-h staining of smooth muscle and of myoepithelial cells (Caldesmon-h immunohistochemistry)

Cerebellum (molecular layer, Purkinje cell layer, granule cell layer, white matter)

Cerebellum (white matter)

Cerebrum, grey matter

Cerebrum, white matter

Colon descendens, mucosa – Caldesmon-h staining of intestinal subepithelial myofibroblasts (ISEMFs), muscular vessels, and of the muscularis mucosae (Caldesmon-h immunohistochemistry)

Colon descendens, muscular wall – Intense caldesmon-h staining of smooth muscle cells (Caldesmon-h immunohistochemistry)

Duodenum, Brunner gland

Duodenum, mucosa – Caldesmon-h staining of smooth muscle cells in small vessels, pericryptal, and of the muscularis mucosae (Caldesmon-h immunohistochemistry)

Epididymis – Caldesmon-h positivity of vessel walls and of pericanalicular smooth muscle cells (Caldesmon-h immunohistochemistry)

Esophagus, squamous epithelium

Fallopian tube, mucosa

Fat

Gallbladder, epithelium

Heart muscle – Caldesmon-h staining of vascular smooth muscle cells (Caldesmon-h immunohistochemistry)

Ileum, mucosa – Caldesmon-h staining of vascular smooth muscle cells (Caldesmon-h immunohistochemistry)

Kidney, cortex

Kidney, medulla – Caldesmon-h staining is restricted to the wall of muscular vessels (Caldesmon-h immunohistochemistry)

Liver – Caldesmon-h staining is limited to the wall of muscular vessels (Caldesmon-h immunohistochemistry)

Lung – Caldesmon-h staining is limited to vessel walls (Caldesmon-h immunohistochemistry)

Lymph node

Ovary, stroma – Caldesmon-h staining of vascular smooth muscle cells (Caldesmon-h immunohistochemistry)

Ovary, stroma – The walls of small vessels and interspersed smooth muscle cells show caldesmon-h staining (Caldesmon-h immunohistochemistry)

Pancreas – Restriction of caldesmon-h staining to the wall of muscular vessels (Caldesmon-h immunohistochemistry)

Parathyroid gland

Parotid gland – Caldesmon-h staining of myoepithelial cells (Caldesmon-h immunohistochemistry)

Pituitary gland, anterior lobe

Pituitary gland, posterior lobe

Placenta (amnion and chorion) – Weak but distinct membranous caldesmon-h staining along the basal cell membrane of amnion cells (Caldesmon-h immunohistochemistry)

Placenta, early

Placenta, mature

Prostate – Intense caldesmon-h positivity of smooth muscle cells of the prostatic stroma (Caldesmon-h immunohistochemistry)

Rectum, mucosa

Seminal vesicle – Intense caldesmon-h positivity of stromal smooth muscle cells (Caldesmon-h immunohistochemistry)

Sinus paranasales

Skeletal muscle – Caldesmon-h staining of vascular smooth muscle cells (Caldesmon-h immunohistochemistry)

Skin

Spleen – Caldesmon-h positivity of smooth muscle cells in and around central arteries (Caldesmon-h immunohistochemistry)

Stomach, antrum – Caldesmon-h positivity of smooth muscles around stomach glands (Caldesmon-h immunohistochemistry)

Stomach, corpus – Caldesmon-h positivity of smooth muscles around stomach glands (Caldesmon-h immunohistochemistry)

Testis – Caldesmon-h positivity of vessel walls and of peritubular smooth muscle cells (Caldesmon-h immunohistochemistry)

Thymus – Caldesmon-h positivity of smooth muscle cells in few small vessels (Caldesmon-h immunohistochemistry)

Thyroid gland

Tonsil – Caldesmon-h staining of smooth muscle cells in few small vessels (Caldesmon-h immunohistochemistry)

Tonsil, surface epithelium

Urinary bladder, muscular wall – Intense caldesmon-h staining of smooth muscle cells (Caldesmon-h immunohistochemistry)

Urinary bladder, urothelium

Uterus, ectocervix – Caldesmon-h positivity of smooth muscle cells in vascular walls (Caldesmon-h immunohistochemistry)_

Uterus, endocervix

Uterus, endometrium (pregnancy)

Uterus, endometrium (proliferation)

Uterus, endometrium (secretion)

Uterus, myometrium – Strong caldesmon-h positivity of all smooth muscle cells (Caldesmon-h immunohistochemistry)_