Effective melanin depigmentation of human and murine ocular tissues: An improved method for paraffin and frozen sections

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Manicam, Caroline ^a   Pitz, Susanne ^a   Brochhausen, Christoph ^a   Grus, Franz H ^a   Pfeiffer, Norbert ^a   Gericke, Adrian ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; DEIONIZED WATER; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MELANIN; METHANOL; OXALIC ACID; PARAFORMALDEHYDE; PERMANGANATE POTASSIUM; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; BLEACHING AGENT; PARAFFIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPIGMENTATION; DILUTION; EMBEDDING; EYE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; INCUBATION TIME; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROCESS CONTROL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; STAINING; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE FIXATION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; PIGMENTATION;

ANIMALS; BLEACHING AGENTS; EYE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MALE; MELANINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OXALIC ACID; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; PIGMENTATION; POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 84904269938     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102512     Document Type: Article

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