Normal Tissue Gallery Decorin

Adrenal gland

Aorta, media

Appendix, mucosa

Appendix, muscular wall – Very intense decorin staining of smooth muscle and surrounding stroma (decorin immunohistochemistry).

Bone marrow

Breast – Strong decorin staining in the stroma but the epithelial cells are not stained (decorin immunohistochemistry).

Bronchus, mucosa – Strong decorin staining in the subepithelial stroma while the respiratory epithelium remains unstained (decorin immunohistochemistry).

Cerebellum, cortex (Stratum moleculare)

Cerebellum, grey (Stratum neuronorum)

Cerebrum, grey matter

Cerebrum, white matter

Colon descendens, mucosa

Colon descendens, muscular wall – Intense decorin staining of the muscular wall while a ganglion remains decorin negative (decorin immunohistochemistry).

Duodenum, Brunner gland

Duodenum, Brunner gland

Duodenum, mucosa

Epididymis

Esophagus, squamous epithelium

Fallopian tube, mucosa – Strong decorin immunostaining in the stroma while staining is completely lacking in epithelial cells (decorin immunohistochemistry).

Fat

Gallbladder, epithelium – Decorin staining is lacking in epithelial cells of this sample (decorin immunohistochemistry).

Gallbladder, epithelium – Weak to moderate decorin immunostaining in one gland of this sample. Decorin staining is strong in the stroma (decorin immunohistochemistry).

Heart muscle – Decorin immunostaining of heart muscle cells is lacking in this sample (decorin immunohistochemistry).

Heart muscle – Strong decorin immunostaining of heart muscle cells in this sample (decorin immunohistochemistry)

Ileum, mucosa

Kidney, cortex

Kidney, medulla

Liver – Some decorin staining in the stroma of portal fields (decorin immunohistochemistry).

Lung

Lymph node

Ovary, stroma – Strong decorin immunostaining (decorin immunohistochemistry)

Pancreas – Decorin staining is limited to intercellular stroma in this sample (decorin immunohistochemistry).

Pancreas – In this sample, decorin staining occurs in a fraction of acinar cells (decorin immunohistochemistry)

Parathyroid gland

Parotid gland

Pituitary gland, anterior lobe

Pituitary gland, posterior lobe

Placenta, early

Placenta, mature, amnion and chorion – Strong decorin staining of stroma and possibly decidua cells but amnion und chorion cells are unstained (decorin immunohistochemistry).

Placenta, mature

Prostate – Strong decorin staining in the stroma but epithelial cells are unstained (decorin immunohistochemistry).

Rectum, mucosa

Seminal vesicle – Significant decorin immunostaining in the stroma but epithelial cells are unstained (decorin immunohistochemistry).

Sinus paranasales

Skin – A weak to moderate cytoplasmic decorin staining is seen in the granular layer of squamous epithelium of the skin. Decorin staining is strong in the dermis (decorin immunohistochemistry).

Spleen

Stomach, antrum

Stomach, corpus – Intense decorin staining in the stroma of gastric mucosa (decorin immunohistochemistry).

Testis

Thymus

Thyroid gland – Strong decorin staining in the stroma. Epithelial cells do not show staining (decorin immunohistochemistry).

Tongue, muscle

Tonsil, surface epithelium

Tonsil

Urinary bladder, muscular wall

Urinary bladder, urothelium – Strong decorin staining in the suburothelial stroma while the urothelium remains unstained (decorin immunohistochemistry).

Uterus, ectocervix – Decorin staining is strong in the stroma but absent in squamous epithelial cells (decorin immunohistochemistry).

Uterus, endocervix – Significant cytoplasmic decorin staining in decidua cells and very intense staining of the intercellular space. Epithelial cells remain unstained (decorin immunohistochemistry)

Uterus, endometrium (pregnancy) – Significant cytoplasmic decorin staining in decidua cells and very intense staining of the intercellular space. Epithelial cells remain unstained_

Uterus, endometrium (proliferation)

Uterus, endometrium (secretion)

Uterus, myometrium – Very intense decorin immunostaining (decorin immunohistochemistry).