Previous studies have shown that SPT functions in diverse organs of the aerial portion of Arabidopsis, including the cotyledon [ 23], the leaf [ 21], the gynoecium [ 16, 17, 57], the fruit [ 18, 19] and in germinating seeds [ 20].
Using a variety of approaches including immunohistochemistry, western blotting, fluorescent staining, NOS−/− mice, and microsensors, mtNOS has been shown to be distributed in diverse organs of many species (Bates et al, 1995; Kanai et al, 2001, 2004; Kato and Giulivi, 2006; Ghafourifar and Sen, 2007).
Because mesenchymal stem/progenitor cells are reported to exist in almost all organs of both mice and humans, it will be interesting to see whether PDGFR α can serve as a universal marker to identify mesenchymal stem/progenitor cells in diverse organs of various species.
Because prominent mucin production is a common feature of LAMN and IPMN, both of which have frequent GNAS and KRAS mutations (Furukawa et al, 2011; Wu et al, 2011), we additionally analysed mucinous tumours of diverse organs for these mutations.
Pseudostratified epithelia (PSE) are tightly packed proliferative tissues that are important precursors of the development of diverse organs in a plethora of species, invertebrate and vertebrate.
DCs are present in the skin [ 24], inner lining of the airways [ 25], interstitial spaces of diverse organs [ 26], lymphoid tissues [ 27], and blood [ 28].
From the embryonic endoderm emerge a number of epithelial outpocketings that generate the initial anlagen of diverse organs.
The functions of vertebrate Six1 are involved in diverse organ developments of the brain, ear, eye, muscle and kidney (Relaix and Buckingham, 1999; Laclef et al, 2003; Xu et al, 2003; Zheng et al, 2003; Ozaki et al, 2004).
Combinations of individual Pax members are spatially as well as temporally regulated during development and contribute to the formation of diverse organs (Lang et al. 2007).
In the adult mammals such as humans, T3 deficiency leads to reduced metabolic rate while both hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism result in abnormal function of diverse organs and tissues [ 4- 6].
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disorder that may affect diverse organs, characterized by the presence of antibodies against nuclear antigens (ANA) with different specificities (ssDNA, dsDNA, RNA, and snRNP among others); treatment for this condition includes diverse regimens of high dose steroids and immunosuppressive therapy.
