| DENTAL SCIENCE - REVIEW ARTICLE |
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| Year : 2012 | Volume
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| Issue : 6 | Page : 307-309 |
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Applications of immunohistochemistry
Jeyapradha Duraiyan1, Rajeshwar Govindarajan2, Karunakaran Kaliyappan2, Murugesan Palanisamy3
1 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Thai Moogambigai Dental College & Hospital, Chennai, India
2 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, J K K Nataraja Dental College & Hospital, Komarapalayam, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India
3 Department of Bio Chemistry, J K K Nataraja Dental College & Hospital, Komarapalayam, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India
Correspondence Address:
Karunakaran Kaliyappan
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, J K K Nataraja Dental College & Hospital, Komarapalayam, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0975-7406.100281
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Immunohistochemistry (IHC) is an important application of monoclonal as well as polyclonal antibodies to determine the tissue distribution of an antigen of interest in health and disease. IHC is widely used for diagnosis of cancers; specific tumor antigens are expressed de novo or up-regulated in certain cancers. This article deals with the various applications of IHC in diagnosis of diseases, with IHC playing an important role in diagnostic and research laboratories. |
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