STANDARDIZED AGNOR STAINING METHOD FOR FORMALIN-FIXED AND PARAFFIN-EMBEDDED MATERIAL

被引:17
作者
OFNER, D
BANKFALVI, A
RIEHEMANN, K
BOCKER, W
SCHMID, KW
机构
[1] UNIV MUNSTER, GERHARD DOMAGK INST PATHOL, D-48149 MUNSTER, GERMANY
[2] UNIV INNSBRUCK, CHIRURG KLIN 1, INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA
来源
PATHOLOGE | 1994年 / 15卷 / 04期
关键词
AGNOR STAINING METHOD; FORMALIN-FIXED MATERIAL; PARAFFIN-EMBEDDED MATERIAL;
D O I
10.1007/s002920050049
中图分类号
R36 [病理学];
学科分类号
100104 ;
摘要
Visualization of proteins associated with nucleolar organizer regions proteins (AgNORs) on formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded archival tissues is substantially improved after application of wet autoclave pretreatment. Silver staining results are comparable to those obtained on tissues processed in alcoholbased fixatives, illustrating AgNORs as substructures of the nucleoli without any staining artefacts. A highly reproducible staining quality was achieved irrespective of tissue origin or duration of formalin fixation. As a result of this novel and simple method, the grounds have been prepared for standardized AgNOR quantification on archival material.
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页码:226 / 230
页数:5
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