Chronic Inflammation May Enhance Leiomyoma Development by the Involvement of Progenitor Cells

Table 2

Flow cytometry results of progenitor cells.

	Myometrium	Leiomyoma
HLA-DR	−	−
CD14	−	−
CD19	−	−
CD34	−	−
CD45	−	−
CD73	+	+
CD90	+	+
CD105	+	+
CD9	−	−

Positive immunolabelling (+) was defined as a level of fluorescence > 90% of the corresponding isotype-matched control antibodies. Percentages < 2% were considered negative (−). No statistically significant differences were found among the twelve cultures.