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Type: Journal article
Title: Proper application of antibodies for immunohistochemical detection: antibody crimes and how to prevent them
Author: Ivell, R.
Teerds, K.
Hoffman, G.E.
Citation: Endocrinology, 2014; 155(3):676-687
Publisher: Endocrine Society
Issue Date: 2014
ISSN: 0013-7227
1945-7170
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Responsibility: 
Richard Ivell, Katja Teerds, and Gloria E. Hoffman
Abstract: For several decades antibodies raised against specific proteins, peptides, or peptide epitopes have proven to be versatile and very powerful tools to demonstrate molecular identity in cells and tissues. New techniques of immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence have improved both the optical resolution of such protein identification as well as its sensitivity, particularly through the use of amplification methodology. However, this improved sensitivity has also increased the risks of false-positive and false-negative staining and thereby raised the necessity for proper and adequate controls. In this review, the authors draw on many years of experience to illuminate many of the more common errors and problematic issues in immunohistochemistry, and how these may be avoided. A key factor in all of this is that techniques need to be properly documented and especially antibodies and procedures must be adequately described. Antibodies are a valuable and shared resource within the scientific community; it is essential therefore that mistakes involving antibodies and their controls are not perpetuated through inadequate reporting in the literature.
Keywords: Animals
Mice, Knockout
Humans
Antibodies
Antigens
Epitopes
Microscopy, Fluorescence
Immunohistochemistry
Staining and Labeling
Adsorption
Rights: © 2014 by the Endocrine Society
DOI: 10.1210/en.2013-1971
Grant ID: ARC
Published version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/en.2013-1971
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