Reliable LC3 and p62 autophagy marker detection in formalin fixed paraffin embedded human tissue by immunohistochemistry

European Journal of Histochemistry

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 137-144

  Schlafli A M ^a   Berezowska, S ^a   Adams, O ^a   Langer, R ^a   Tschan, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cancer; Formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue; Immunofluorescence; Immunohistochemistry; LC3B; P62

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; LIGHT CHAIN 3, HUMAN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; P62 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PARAFFIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

AUTOPHAGY; CHEMISTRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; TISSUE FIXATION; TUMOR CELL LINE;

AUTOPHAGY; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CELL LINE, TUMOR; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FORMALDEHYDE; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 84939810017     PISSN: 1121760X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ejh.2015.2481     Document Type: Article

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