Fluorescamine fluorescence detection of growth hormone-producing cells in human pituitary adenomas.
Formalin-fixed and paraplast-embedded tissue specimens of human pituitary, thyroid, and pancreas were investigated using fluorescamine fluorescence and immunohistochemical methods. Growth hormone-producing cells present in normal and neoplastic pituitary tissue exhibited fluorescamine fluorescence. The other tissues examined showed no fluorescamine binding.
D000236:Adenoma / Q000032:analysis / Q000473:pathology*; D005450:Fluorescamine; D005453:Fluorescence; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D010179:Pancreas / Q000032:analysis; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000032:analysis; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000032:analysis / Q000473:pathology*; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000032:analysis
D005450:Fluorescamine; D013006:Growth Hormone