Demonstration of substances of innate immunity in the esophageal epithelium of domesticated mammals. Part I - Methods and evaluation of comparative fixation

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-174

  Nina Hornickel, Isabelle ^a   Kacza, Johannes ^b   Schnapper, Anke ^a   Beyerbach, Martin ^a   Schoennagel, Britta ^a   Seeger, Johannes ^b   Meyer, Wilfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Domesticated mammals; Epithelium; Esophagus; Fixatives; Immunohistochemistry; Innate immunity

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN; CALCIUM ACETATE; CATHELICIDIN; FORMALDEHYDE; LYSOZYME; PRESERVATION SOLUTION; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN PRESERVATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CATS; CATTLE; DOGS; EPITHELIUM; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GOATS; HORSES; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; RATS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SWINE; TISSUE EMBEDDING; TISSUE FIXATION;

BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 79151485214     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: 16180372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2009.09.009     Document Type: Article

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