Enhancement of native and phosphorylated TDP-43 immunoreactivity by proteinase K treatment following autoclave heating

Neuropathology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 401-404

  Mori, Fumiaki ^a   Tanji, Kunikazu ^a   Kakita, Akiyoshi ^a,b   Takahashi, Hitoshi ^a   Wakabayashi, Koichi ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Heat retrieval; Neuropil threads; Proteinase K; TDP 43

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE K; TAR DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HEAT TREATMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NEUROPIL; NEUROPIL THREAD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SPINAL CORD; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BRAIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDOPEPTIDASE K; FRONTOTEMPORAL LOBAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCLUSION BODIES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPIL THREADS; PHOSPHORYLATION; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 79960719525     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2010.01184.x     Document Type: Article

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