"Fixatives" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Agents employed in the preparation of histologic or pathologic specimens for the purpose of maintaining the existing form and structure of all of the constituent elements. Great numbers of different agents are used; some are also decalcifying and hardening agents. They must quickly kill and coagulate living tissue.
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D005404
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.720.355
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| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fixatives" by people in Profiles.
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Gargano SM, Sebastiano C, Mardekian J, Solomides CC, HooKim K. Cytological interpretation of p16 immunohistochemistry in head and neck carcinomas: does the choice of fixative matter? J Am Soc Cytopathol. 2021 Mar-Apr; 10(2):216-224.
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Mueller C, Gambarotti M, Benini S, Picci P, Righi A, Stevanin M, Hombach-Klonisch S, Henderson D, Liotta L, Espina V. Unlocking bone for proteomic analysis and FISH. Lab Invest. 2019 05; 99(5):708-721.
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Modla S, Caplan JL, Czymmek KJ, Lee JY. Localization of fluorescently tagged protein to plasmodesmata by correlative light and electron microscopy. Methods Mol Biol. 2015; 1217:121-33.
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Murchison AP, Bilyk JR, Eagle RC, Savino PJ. Shrinkage revisited: how long is long enough? Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2012 Jul-Aug; 28(4):261-3.
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Nitta H, Kelly BD, Padilla M, Wick N, Brunhoeber P, Bai I, Singh S, Ranger-Moore J, Bieniarz C, Tsuda H, Grogan TM. A gene-protein assay for human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2): brightfield tricolor visualization of HER2 protein, the HER2 gene, and chromosome 17 centromere (CEN17) in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded breast cancer tissue sections. Diagn Pathol. 2012 May 30; 7:60.
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Donover PS, Wojciechowski BS, Thirumaran R, Zemba-Palko V, Prendergast GC, Wallon UM. Development of a monoclonal antibody that specifically detects tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-4 (TIMP-4) in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded human tissues. J Cell Biochem. 2010 Aug 01; 110(5):1255-61.
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Lasota J, Wasag B, Steigen SE, Limon J, Miettinen M. Improved detection of KIT exon 11 duplications in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded gastrointestinal stromal tumors. J Mol Diagn. 2007 Feb; 9(1):89-94.
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Miettinen M. CD30 distribution. Immunohistochemical study on formaldehyde-fixed, paraffin-embedded Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1992 Nov; 116(11):1197-201.
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Lan?a AJ, Israel Y. Histochemical demonstration of sinusoidal gamma-glutamyltransferase activity by substrate protection fixation: comparative studies in rat and guinea pig liver. Hepatology. 1991 Nov; 14(5):857-63.
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Miettinen M. Immunohistochemistry of solid tumors. Brief review of selected problems. APMIS. 1990 Mar; 98(3):191-9.