Steam heat with an EDTA buffer and protease digestion optimizes immunohistochemical expression of basal cell-specific antikeratin 34/βE12 to discriminate cancer in prostatic epithelium

Modern Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-4

  Iczkowski, Kenneth A ^b   Cheng, Liang ^b   Crawford, Barbara G ^b   Bostwick, David G ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Basal cells; Cytokeratin; Epitope retrieval; Immunohistochemistry; Intermediate filaments; Prostatic neoplasms; Steam heat

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; EDETIC ACID; KERATIN ANTIBODY; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; CELL LABELING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE EPITHELIUM; PROSTATIC INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STAINING; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0032965097     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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