Microwave irradiation for fixation and immunostaining of endothelial cells in situ

Biotechnic and Histochemistry

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 101-108

  Katoh, K ^a   Kano, Y ^a   Ookawara, S ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aorta; Atherosclerosis; Blood vessel; Endothelial cell; Fixation; Fluorescent immunostaining; Microscopy; Microwave

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; FLUORESCEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; STAINING; SWINE; TISSUE FIXATION;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROWAVES; RADIATION DOSAGE; STAINING AND LABELING; SWINE; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 67650745141     PISSN: 10520295     EISSN: 14737760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10520290902879763     Document Type: Article

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