Wheat germ agglutinin staining as a suitable method for detection and quantification of fibrosis in cardiac tissue after myocardial infarction

European Journal of Histochemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 315-319

  Emde, B ^a   Heinen, A ^a   Godecke A ^a   Bottermann, Katharina ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac fibrosis; Fibrosis quantification; Histogram based analysis; Myocardial infarction; Wheat germ agglutinin

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE-WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; CARDIAC MUSCLE; CHEMISTRY; FIBROSIS; HEART INFARCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STAINING;

ANIMALS; FIBROSIS; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; STAINING AND LABELING; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININS;

EID: 84923021745     PISSN: 1121760X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ejh.2014.2448     Document Type: Article

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