Effect of immunohistochemistry on molecular analysis of tissue samples: implications for microdissection technologies.
AuthorsTangrea MA, Mukherjee S, Gao B, Markey SP, Du Q, Armani M, Kreitman MS, Rosenberg AM, Wallis BS, Eberle FC, Duncan FC, Hanson JC, Chuaqui RF, Rodriguez-Canales J, Emmert-Buck MR
JournalJ Histochem Cytochem
PubMed ID21430260
'Laser-based tissue microdissection is an important tool for the molecular evaluation of histological sections. The technology has continued to advance since its initial commercialization in the 1990s, with improvements in many aspects of the process. More recent developments are tailored toward an automated, operator-independent mode that relies on antibodies as ... More