Histochemical detection of collagen fibers by sirius red/fast green is more sensitive than van gieson or sirius red alone in normal and inflamed rat colon

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Segnani, Cristina ^a   Ippolito, Chiara ^a   Antonioli, Luca ^a   Pellegrini, Carolina ^a   Blandizzi, Corrado ^a   Dolfi, Amelio ^a   Bernardini, Nunzia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4 DINITROBENZENE SULFONIC ACID; COLLAGEN; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; COLORING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIRIUS RED FAST GREEN STAINING; SIRIUS RED STAINING; VAN GIESON STAINING; ANIMAL; COLON; INTESTINE MUCOSA; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; COLITIS; COLLAGEN; COLON; COLORING AGENTS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; RATS;

EID: 84956642261     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144630     Document Type: Article

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