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ArticleThe journal of histochemistry and cytochemistry : official journal of the Histochemistry Society2021

Rejuvenated Vintage Tissue Sections Highlight Individual Antigen Fate During Processing and Long-term Storage.

Francesco Mascadri, Maddalena M Bolognesi, Daniela Pilla, Giorgio Cattoretti

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Article in The journal of histochemistry and cytochemistry : official journal of the Histochemistry Society, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Francesco MascadriPathology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy.
Maddalena M BolognesiPathology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy.
Daniela PillaDepartment of Pathology, ASST Monza, Ospedale San Gerardo, Monza, Italy.
Giorgio CattorettiPathology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy.
University of Milano-Bicocca · ITAzienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antigen-bearing proteins become progressively unavailable to immunodetection after prolonged storage of routine sections, exposed to a variety of agents, such as moisture, oxygen, and temperature. By proteomic analysis, the antigens are retained in the sections and definitely in the tissue block, pointing to fixation-independent, storage time-dependent protein modifications. Based on previous experience, we hypothesized that a combined exposure to a reducing agent and to chemicals favoring protein conformation changes would reverse the masking in aged sections. Disaccharides, lactose and sucrose, and a surfactant, added to a standard antigen retrieval buffer, reverse the negative changes in aged sections. Furthermore, they provide enhanced access to antigens in freshly cut sections, but not universally, revealing additional factors, besides heat and calcium chelation, required for antigen retrieval of individual proteins.

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AntigensHumansParaffin EmbeddingProtein ConformationProteinsSurface-Active AgentsTissue Array AnalysisTissue FixationAntigensProteinsSurface-Active Agentsantigenic variationantigen retrievalfluorescent image analysisformalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue sectionimmunohistochemistrylong-term storage of FFPE tissue sectionquantitative methods

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PMID34541944
PMCPMC8504260
OpenAlexW3197280184

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