EFFECT OF ALDEHYDE FIXATION ON CELLULAR RHEUMATOID FACTOR AND CERTAIN TISSUE ANTIGENS
JOHN BALL 1,
NOUR EL DIN BAHGAT 1, and
GEOFFREY TAYLOR 1
1 Departments of Rheumatism Research and Bacteriology, University of Manchester, Manchester, England
Rheumatoid facor, nuclei, and
2 globulins can be identified by immunofluorescence microscopy in alcohol-fixed paraffin-embedded sections, though wax of low melting point is required for preservation of nuclear antigens. Rheumatoid factor also resisted aldehyde fixatives; hence it should be possible to investigate the ultrastructural characteristics of cells containing it.
Submitted on March 4, 1964