Evaluation of zinc salt based fixatives for preserving antigenic determinants for immunohistochemical demonstration of murine immune system cell markers

Biotechnic and Histochemistry

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-30

  Hicks, D J ^a   Johnson, L ^a   Mitchell, S M ^a   Gough, J ^a   Cooley, W A ^a   La Ragione, R M ^a   Spencer, Y I ^a   Wangoo, Arun ^a,b  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b Veterinary Medicines Directorate   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Mouse; Zinc salt fixation

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CELL MARKER; CYTOKINE; EPITOPE; FORMALDEHYDE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 2; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CD4-CD8 RATIO; CHLORIDES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FIXATIVES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; MICE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; TUBERCULOSIS; ZINC ACETATE; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

MURINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

EID: 33745066086     PISSN: 10520295     EISSN: 14737760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10520290600725375     Document Type: Article

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