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Oncology research and clinical decisions based on immunohistochemistry: the importance of the technical aspects that support a complex method

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Immunohistochemistry (IHC) is the group of techniques that use antibodies as specific reagents to identify and demonstrate several cell and tissue components that are antigens. This linking allows locating and identifying the in situ presence of various substances by means of color that is associated with the formed antigen-antibody complexes. The practical value of this biotechnology area, widely used in Pathology and Oncology, in diagnostic, prognostic, theranostic and research context, results from the possibility of combining a colour marker with an antibody without causing any damage to specific binding established between antibody and antigen. This provides the microscopic observation of the target locations where the antibody and hence the antigen are present. IHC is presented as a powerful means for identification of several cellular and tissue structures that can be associated with pathologies, and of the consequences, at functional and morphological level, of these same elements action.

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Immunohistochemistry Antigen retrieval Detection system

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Ferro AB. Oncology research and clinical decisions based on immunohistochemistry: the importance of the technical aspects that support a complex method. BAOJ Cancer Res Ther. 2016;2(5):22.

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Bioaccent