Discrepancies between descriptions and illustrations of colours in Congo red-stained amyloid, and explanation of discrepant colours

Amyloid

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 109-117

  Howie, Alexander J ^a,b   Owen Casey, Mared P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'green polarisation colour'; Amyloid; anomalous colours; birefringence; Congo red; dichroism

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; CONGO RED;

ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; PAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMYLOID; COLOR; CONGO RED;

EID: 78649312652     PISSN: 13506129     EISSN: 17442818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13506129.2010.527448     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Röcken C, Sletten K. Amyloid in surgical pathology. Virchows Arch 2003;443:3-16.
2. Howie AJ, Brewer DB, Howell D, Jones AP. Physical basis of colors seen in Congo red-stained amyloid in polarized light. Lab Invest 2008;88:232-242.
3. Howie AJ, Brewer DB. Optical properties of amyloid stained by Congo red: history and mechanisms. Micron 2009;40:285-301.
4. Stokes G. An improved Congo red method for amyloid. Med Lab Sci 1976;33:79-80.
5. Puchtler H, Sweat F, Levine M. On the binding of Congo red by amyloid. J Histochem Cytochem 1962;10:355-364.
6. Swann MM, Mitchison JM. Refinements in polarized light microscopy. J Exp Biol 1950;27:226-237.
7. Bennhold H. Eine spezifische Amyloidfärbung mit Kongorot (A specific staining of amyloid with Congo red). Münch Med Wochenschr 1922;69:1537-1538.
8. Divry P, Florkin M. Sur les propriétés optiques de l'amylöide (On the optical properties of amyloid). Comp Rendu Seances Soc Biol 1927;97:1808-1810.
9. Scheuner G, Hutschenreiter J. Polarisationsmikroskopie in der Histophysik (Polarisation microscopy in histophysics). Leipzig: Georg Thieme; 1972.
10. Appel TR, Richter S, Linke RP, Makovitzky J. Histochemical and topo-optical investigations on tissue-isolated and in vitro amyloid fibrils. Amyloid 2005;12:174-183.
11. Benditt EP, Eriksen N, Berglund C. Congo red dichroism with dispersed amyloid fibrils, an extrinsic Cotton effect. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1970;66:1044-1051.
12. Cooper JH. Selective amyloid staining as a function of amyloid composition and structure. Histochemical analysis of the alkaline Congo red, standardized toluidine blue, and iodine methods. Lab Invest 1974;31:232-238.
13. Linke RP. Highly sensitive diagnosis of amyloid and various amyloid syndromes using Congo red fluorescence. Virchows Arch 2000;436:439-448.
14. Missmahl HP. Polarisationsoptische Befunde am Amyloid (Polarisation microscopy findings in amyloid). In: Bruns G, Zschiesche W, Fritsch S, editors. Fortschritte der Amyloidforschung (The structural analysis of amyloid). Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth; 1966. pp 79-85.
15. Born M, Wolf E. Principles of optics. Electromagnetic theory of propagation, interference and diffraction of light. 7th ed, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press; 1999. pp 49, 95-103, 843.
16. Bennett HS. The microscopical investigation of biological materials with polarized light. In: Jones RM, editor. McClung's handbook of microscopical technique. 3rd ed, New York, NY: Hafner; 1967. pp 591-677.
17. Heller H, Missmahl HP, Sohar E, Gafni J. Amyloidosis: its differentiation into peri-reticulin and peri-collagen types. J Pathol Bact 1964;88:15-34.
18. Missmahl HP. Reticulin and collagen as important factors for the localization of amyloid. The use of polarization microscopy as a tool in the detection of the composition of amyloid. In: Mandema E, Ruinen L, Scholten JH, Cohen AS, editors. Amyloidosis: proceedings of the symposium on amyloidosis, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, September 24-28, 1967, Amsterdam: Excerpta Medica Foundation; 1968. pp 22-33.
19. Ladewig P. Double-refringence of the amyloid-Congored-complex in histological sections. Nature 1945;156:81-82.