Comparing vasculogenic mimicry with endothelial cell-lined vessels: Techniques for 3D reconstruction and quantitative analysis of tissue components from archival paraffin blocks

Applied Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 113-119

  Lin, Amy Y ^a   Ai, Zhuming ^a   Lee, Sang Chul ^b   Bajcsy, Peter ^b   Pe'er, Jacob ^c   Leach, Lu ^a   Maniotis, Andrew J ^a   Folberg, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Immunohistochemistry; Laser scanning confocal microscopy; Melanoma; Vasculogenic mimicry

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; LAMININ; TUMOR MARKER;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL LABELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METASTASIS; MICROVASCULATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE FIXATION; UVEA MELANOMA;

ANTIGENS, CD34; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMININ; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MELANOMA; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING;

EID: 34247571036     PISSN: 15412016     EISSN: 15334058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pai.0000210414.15375.47     Document Type: Article

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