Cytokeratin AE1-AE3 by IHC-12376 - Technical only, 12379 - Technical & interpretation

Test info

  
Cytokeratin AE1-AE3 by IHC
  
12376 - Technical only, 12379 - Technical & interpretation
  
LAB12376
LAB12379
  
CK AE1-AE3
  

All IHC stains will include a positive control tissue

  
  • This antibody is best used as part of an antibody cocktail (created in our lab) with cytokeratins CAM5.2 and MAK6; this antibody cocktail is called "Cytokeratin cocktail or CK cocktail"
  • When used in a cocktail, this cocktail can identify most cytokeratins

Specimen

  
Tissue
  

Submit a formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue

  

Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue block

  

FFPE tissue section mounted on a charged, unstained slide

  

Ambient (preferred)

  
  • Unlabeled/mislabeled block
  • Insufficient tissue
  • Slides broken beyond repair

Performance

  
AHL - Immunohistochemistry
  
Mo - Fr
  
1 - 2 days
  

Immunohistochemical staining and microscopic examination

Clinical and Interpretive info

  

If requested, an interpretive report will be provided

  

Specifications

  • AE1-AE3 is an antibody cocktail that identifies the following high molecular weight keratins (56.5, 50, 48, 40; 65-67, 64, 59, 58, 56 kD)
  • AE1-AE3 is part of the antibody cocktail termed "CK cocktail" in our lab (see below)

 
Staining pattern

  • Cytoplasmic

References

  1. Moll et. al.; The Catalog of Human Cytokeratins: Patterns of Expression in Normal Epithelia, Tumors and Cultured Cells; Cell 31:11-24, 1982.

Billing

  
88342 - 1st stain
88341 - each additional stain

Tracking

  
10/30/2017
  
10/18/2018
  
01/12/2024