A new fixative allowing accurate immunostaining of kappa and lambda immunoglobulin light chain expressing B-cells without antigen retrieval in paraffin-embedded tissue

Journal of Histotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 87-92

  Zbaeren, Jakob ^a   Solenthaler, Max ^a   Schaper, Manuela ^a   Zbaeren Colbourn, Daphne ^a   Haeberli, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clear assessment of kappa and lambda immunoglobulin light chain expression; Fixation; Immunohistochemistry; Paraffin embedded tissue

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; EPITOPE; FIXATIVE; FORMALDEHYDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN; MACROGOL; METHANOL; PARAFFIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN RETRIEVAL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; PLASMA CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 3142680829     PISSN: 01478885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/his.2004.27.2.87     Document Type: Article

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