Development of an optimal antigen retrieval protocol for immunohistochemistry of retinoblastoma protein (pRB) in formalin fixed, paraffin sections based on comparison of different methods

Biotechnic and Histochemistry

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 301-309

  Shi, S R ^a   Liu, C ^a   Young, L ^a   Taylor, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigen retrieval; Formalin fixation; Immunohistochemistry; Paraffin embedded tissue sections; Standardization

Indexed keywords

CITRACONIC ANHYDRIDE; FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN RETRIEVAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MORPHOMETRICS; PRESERVATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDIZATION; BLADDER TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANTIGENS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 38449121657     PISSN: 10520295     EISSN: 14737760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10520290701791763     Document Type: Article

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