Antibody Staining of Tissue and Cells

Antibody staining of tissue and cells lets scientists see where a specific antigen is located. Immunohistochemistry, or IHC, uses thin tissue sections. Immunocytochemistry, or ICC, uses isolated cells or cells grown in culture. Both methods rely on antibodies that carry a chemical or fluorescent tag, such as peroxidase or rh...

Immunocytochemistry and immunohistochemistry are staining methods for a protein of interest in cultured cells and tissues, respectively. The basic principle of both related techniques involves using specific antibodies tagged with a detection system to identify and visualize the protein and determine its location within the cells and tissues, as...