Data on localization of coxsackievirus and adenovirus receptor (CAR) in prenatal and adult rat olfactory, intestine, pancreas, liver, ovary, and testis.

The data in the present article are related to the previous article entitled “Coxsackievirus and adenovirus receptor-positive cells compose the putative stem/progenitor cell niches in the marginal cell layer and parenchyma of the rat anterior pituitary” (M. Chen et al. 2013). The data describe the characteristic localization in the immature cells of the prenatal and adult tissues beyond the germ layer. Germ cells and the reproductive tissues of both sexes showed distinct intracellular polarities of CAR: apical, basolateral, and pericellular in the immature cells of the embryo and adult tissues. In addition, the data describe on localization of CAR in the methimazole-induced damage of olfactory epithelium tissue. The data show that the CAR-_immuno-positive cells at the apical side of the olfactory epithelium disappeared following methimazole treatment and reappeared in the regenerating stem/progenitor cells (positive for KI67 and E-cadherin) of the basal layer with basolateral expression.