Immunohistowax processing, a new fixation and embedding method for light microscopy, which preserves antigen immunoreactivity and morphological structures: Visualisation of dendritic cells in peripheral organs

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 518-524

  Pajak, Bernard ^a   Moser, Muriel ^a   de Smedt, Thibaut ^b   Moulin, Véronique ^a   de Trez, Carl ^a   Maldonado López, Roberto ^a   Vansanten, Georgette ^a   Briend, Emmanuel ^c   Urbain, Jacques ^a   Leo, Oberdan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b AMGEN INC   (United States)

^c Cantab Pharmaceuticals Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dendritic cell; Escherichia coli; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; DENDRITIC CELLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; STAINING AND LABELING; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0033945801     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.53.7.518     Document Type: Article

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