Figure 6.
Proliferation and growth arrest in AID+ DZ and OZ GC cells. (A) A single GC was imaged with 4 sets of triple staining for AID, CDKN1B (p27), Ki-67, BCL6, TP53, and CCNB1. Each stain is shown as single color at low power. Original magnification ×10. Note at the right, TP53+ basal epithelial layer (arrow). The DZ and OZ areas enlarged below (original magnification ×40) are shown as white rectangles. (B) The DZ is homogeneously CDKN1B–; circled in the OZ is a cytAID+, BCL6+dim, CDKN1B+dim cell. A diamond highlights a nAID+, BCL6+dim, CDKN1B– cell. (C) DZ AID+ cells are Ki-67+ and CDKN1B–. In the OZ, a cytAID+, Ki-67+, CDKN1B+dim cell is circled. A diamond shows a nAID+, Ki67+, CDKN1B– cell. (D) At the outer border of the DZ and OZ, cytAID+ BCL6– cells (circles) shows TP53. A nAID+, BCL6+, TP53– cell is indicated by a diamond. (E) A portion of the DZ shows a CCNB1–nAID+ small centroblast (diamond), a rare CCNB1+ nAID+ centroblast (square), and a mitotic cell (circle) in which AID and CCNB1 are cytoplasmic. Scale bar: 1 μm at ×40 and 4 μmat ×10.