Research Article
Evaluation and Immunolocalization of BMP4 and FGF8 in Odontogenic Cyst and Tumors
Table 1
Evaluation and immunohistochemical score of stages of odontogenesis.
| | Odontogenesis | | | Dental lamina | Bud stage | Cap stage | Bell stage | BMP4 | FGF8 | BMP4 | FGF8 | BMP4 | FGF8 | BMP4 | FGF8 |
| Ectodermal components | | | | | | | | | | Basal cells | C | +++ | +++ | − | + | Ab | Ab | Ab | Ab | N | + | + | + | + | Ab | Ab | Ab | Ab | Inner enamel epithelium | C | Ab | Ab | Ab | Ab | − | − | +++ | +++ | N | Ab | Ab | Ab | Ab | + | + | + | + | Stratum intermedium | C | Ab | Ab | Ab | Ab | Ab | Ab | +++ | +++ | N | Ab | Ab | Ab | Ab | Ab | Ab | + | + | Stellate reticulum | C | Ab | Ab | Ab | Ab | − | − | +++ | +++ | N | Ab | Ab | Ab | Ab | + | + | + | + | Outer enamel epithelium | C | Ab | Ab | Ab | Ab | − | − | +++ | +++ | N | Ab | Ab | Ab | Ab | + | + | + | + | Ectomesenchymal components | | | | | | | | | | Stromal component | C | ++ | ++ | − | − | Ab | Ab | Ab | Ab | N | + | + | + | − | Ab | Ab | Ab | Ab | Dental papilla | C | Ab | Ab | Ab | Ab | − | + | ++ | ++ | N | Ab | Ab | Ab | Ab | − | + | ++ | ++ | Dental sac | C | Ab | Ab | Ab | Ab | − | + | ++ | ++ | N | Ab | Ab | Ab | Ab | − | + | + | + |
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C: cytoplasm; N: nucleus; Ab: absent.
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