"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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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fixatives" by people in Profiles.
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Li Q, Li M, Ma L, Li W, Wu X, Richards J, Fu G, Xu W, Bythwood T, Li X, Wang J, Song Q. A method to evaluate genome-wide methylation in archival formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded ovarian epithelial cells. PLoS One. 2014; 9(8):e104481.
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Bonvillain RW, Danchuk S, Sullivan DE, Betancourt AM, Semon JA, Eagle ME, Mayeux JP, Gregory AN, Wang G, Townley IK, Borg ZD, Weiss DJ, Bunnell BA. A nonhuman primate model of lung regeneration: detergent-mediated decellularization and initial in vitro recellularization with mesenchymal stem cells. Tissue Eng Part A. 2012 Dec; 18(23-24):2437-52.
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Kudo K, Nishida N, Kiyoshima A, Ikeda N. A fatal case of poisoning by lidocaine overdosage--analysis of lidocaine in formalin-fixed tissues: a case report. Med Sci Law. 2004 Jul; 44(3):266-71.
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Haworth K, Shu KK, Stokes A, Morris R, Stoker A. The expression of receptor tyrosine phosphatases is responsive to sciatic nerve crush. Mol Cell Neurosci. 1998 Oct; 12(3):93-104.
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Munroe KJ, Anderson CA, Wu JY, Wyand MS, Newman GW, Newman MJ. Use of fixed autologous stimulator cells to correctly present human immunodeficiency virus type 1 viral peptides to nonhuman primate lymphocytes in proliferation and cytotoxic T-lymphocyte assays. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 1994 May; 1(3):283-9.
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Lozanoff S, Johnston J. A method to prevent wrinkles in autoradiographic emulsion when staining plastic embedded sections with hematoxylin and eosin-phloxine. Biotech Histochem. 1991; 66(3):117-21.
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Tabaton M, Cammarata S, Manetto V, Perry G, Mancardi G. Tau-reactive neurofibrillary tangles in cerebellar cortex from patients with Alzheimer's disease. Neurosci Lett. 1989 Sep 11; 103(3):259-62.
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Yue BY, Sugar J, Schrode K. Collagen staining in corneal tissues. Curr Eye Res. 1986 Aug; 5(8):559-64.