#6 IHC Nuts and Bolts

Procedures

Immunohistochemistry Educational Series In previous installments of the IHC Educational Series, we discussed the specifics of the basic procedures found in the IHC laboratory: immunofluorescence, immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization. …

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#5: In Situ Hybridization

In situ hybridization

In the previous segments of the IHC Educational Series, immunofluorescence and immunoperoxidase methods were discussed.  In both of these methods, antibodies are used to bind to and localize protein antigens …

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#4: Antibodies

In the previous units of this series, the immunohistochemical (IHC) methods of immunofluorescence and immunoperoxidase were described and discussed.  These methods use antibodies to localize cellular proteins in tissue sections, …

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#3: Immunoperoxidase

In the previous segment, immunofluorescence methods were discussed.  These methods use antibodies labelled with fluorescein to directly localize cellular proteins in tissue sections, which can then be visualized in a …

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#2 Immunofluorescence

Before we discuss immunofluorescence, we need to know what fluorescence is.  There are certain substances, composed of molecules that will emit light when irradiated by a short wavelength, such as …

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