Standardization of immunohistochemistry for formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue sections based on the antigen-retrieval technique: From experiments to hypothesis

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 105-109

  Shi, Shan Rong ^a   Liu, Cheng ^a   Taylor, Clive R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigen retrieval; Formalin fixed, paraffin embedded tissue; Standardization of immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CELL MARKER; FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN; PROTEIN;

ANTIGEN RETRIEVAL; ANTIGENICITY; FORMALIN FIXED PARAFFIN EMBEDDED TISSUE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; TIME PERCEPTION; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE SECTION;

ANTIGENS; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846415475     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1369/jhc.6P7080.2006     Document Type: Review

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