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Although difficult to quantitate, a trend of OPN localization towards the epithelial layer but not the myoepithelial layer was observed in normal breast tissue (Fig.
Unfortunately, the resolution of LCM does not enable the selection of epithelial cells from myoepithelial cells and so we were unable to confirm this quantitatively.
CK = cytokeratin; ER = estrogen receptor; H&E = hematoxylin/eosin; ME = myoepithelial; SMA = smooth muscle actin; SM-MHC = smooth muscle myosin heavy chain; WT-1 = Wilms' tumor-1.
The mechanism of the loss of myoepithelial markers in some of the ME cells is unknown, but could result from the dynamic and reciprocal interactions between epithelial and ME cells.
In the present study, the epithelial layer appeared to express more OPN than the myoepithelial cells, suggesting some OPN accumulation or induction via the myoepithelial layer or via stromal interactions.