Comparison of fixation methods for preservation of morphology, RNAs, and proteins from paraffin-embedded human cancer cell-implanted mouse models

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 68-75

  Matsuda, Yoko ^a   Fujii, Takenori ^a   Suzuki, Taeko ^a   Yamahatsu, Kazuya ^a   Kawahara, Kiyoko ^a   Teduka, Kiyoshi ^a   Kawamoto, Yoko ^a   Yamamoto, Tetsushi ^a   Ishiwata, Toshiyuki ^a   Naito, Zenya ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Formalin; Immunohistochemistry; Paraformaldehyde; PCR; Subcutaneously implanted tumor

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN; RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ISOLATION; TISSUE FIXATION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; FIXATIVES; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; PROTEINS; RNA; TISSUE FIXATION;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 78650819803     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1369/jhc.2010.957217     Document Type: Article

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