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Fig. 7

From: Small putative NANOG, SOX2, and SSEA-4-positive stem cells resembling very small embryonic-like stem cells in sections of ovarian tissue in patients with ovarian cancer

Fig. 7

Primitive oocyte-like cells in “chambers” present in ovarian tissue. They were present in borderline ovarian cancer (a) and high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma tissue (b-e). The primitive oocyte-like cells were slightly NANOG-positive (b-e) and small, round, NANOG-positive cells (arrows) were attached to them. The oocyte-like cells appeared from these small cells inside the ovarian tumor. The structure of cytoplasm in these cells was quite comparable to human oocytes. Figures b-e show the same structures at different magnifications to get better insight. (Light microscope: a, magnification 1000x; inverted microscope: b-e, magnifications 200x). Legend: O-oocyte-like cell. Legend: brown-NANOG-positivity, blue-nuclei after HE staining. Red Bars: 100 μm for (a), 50 μm for (b) and 10 μm for (c-e)

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Journal of Ovarian Research

ISSN: 1757-2215

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