A review of recent methods for efficiently quantifying immunogold and other nanoparticles using TEM sections through cells, tissues and organs

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-170

  Mayhew, Terry M ^a   Mühlfeld, Christian ^b,c   Vanhecke, Dimitri ^b   Ochs, Matthias ^b  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chi squared analysis; Colloidal gold; Nanoparticles; Quantification; Relative labelling or deposition index; Stereology; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDAL GOLD; NANOPARTICLE; QUANTUM DOT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBODY LABELING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CYTOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN DISTRIBUTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOM SAMPLE; REVIEW; STEREOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CELL LINE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONNEXIN 43; GOLD COLLOID; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METALS, HEAVY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MYOCARDIUM; NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 62549147047     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2008.11.001     Document Type: Review

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