Characterizing and Diminishing Autofluorescence in Formalin-fixed Paraffin-embedded Human Respiratory Tissue

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 405-423

  Davis, A Sally ^a,c   Richter, Anke ^b   Becker, Steven ^a   Moyer, Jenna E ^a   Sandouk, Aline ^a   Skinner, Jeff ^a   Taubenberger, Jeffery K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

autofluorescence; confocal microscopy; formalin fixation; human; immunofluorescence; immunohistochemistry; paraffin embedded tissue; respiratory

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN; SODIUM BOROHYDRIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN RETRIEVAL; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAMINA PROPRIA; LIVER; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBMUCOSA; TRACHEA MUCOSA; WHITE LIGHT;

EID: 84901412205     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: 15515044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1369/0022155414531549     Document Type: Article

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