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Gene Expression Data
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Assay
Reference: J:91885 Saika S, et al., Accumulation of thrombospondin-1 in post-operative capsular fibrosis and its down-regulation in lens cells during lens fiber formation. Exp Eye Res. 2004 Aug;79(2):147-56
Assay type: Immunohistochemistry
MGI Accession ID: MGI:5621186
Gene symbol: Thbs1
Gene name: thrombospondin 1
Antibody: Anti-TSP1
Detection system: Secondary antibody coupled to fluorescein
Results
Specimen 5A: postnatal adult (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS28: lens epithelium Weak 5A

Specimen 6A: embryonic day 11.5 (more )
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TS19: lens vesicle posterior epithelium Present 6A
TS19: hyaloid cavity Present 6A Cells in the vitreous cavity were labeled.

Specimen not shown: embryonic day 12.5 (more )
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TS20: lens vesicle posterior epithelium Present

Specimen 6B,C: embryonic day 13.5 (more )
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TS21: lens fiber Present 6C , 6B
TS21: lens anterior epithelium Present 6B , 6C

Specimen 6D: embryonic day 15.5 (more )
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TS23: lens anterior epithelium Present 6D
TS23: lens fiber Present 6D

Specimen 6E,F: embryonic day 16.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS24: lens anterior epithelium Present 6F , 6E
TS24: lens fiber Present Regionally restricted 6F , 6E The body of elongated fibers were negative for expression. Only the anterior part of the fiber just beneath the anterior epithelium was positively stained.

Specimen 6G,H: embryonic day 18.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS26: lens anterior epithelium Present 6H , 6G
TS26: lens equatorial epithelium Weak 6G , 6H
TS26: lens fiber Trace Regionally restricted 6G , 6H The majority of fibers were negative. Elongated fibers were negative, except for minor staining between each early fibers.

Specimen 6I: postnatal day 1 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS27: lens anterior epithelium Present 6I
TS27: lens fiber Trace Regionally restricted 6I Expression is faded in early differentiating fibers.


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Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Models of Human Cancer database (MMHCdb) (formerly Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB)), Gene Ontology (GO)
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last database update
01/06/2026
MGI 6.24
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