Evaluation of cutaneous amyloid employing anti-keratin antibodies and the immunoperoxidase technique (PAP method).
Thirty-one cases of primary cutaneous amyloidosis were studied by the immunoperoxidase technique (PAP method) employing anti-keratin antibodies. All specimens were examined using consecutive paraffin sections to confirm the correspondence between amyloid existing area and reactive sites. All of the sections examined were non-reactive in amyloid deposited sites whereas the epidermis always showed strong reaction with anti-keratin antibodies.
D000682:Amyloid / Q000276:immunology*; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D000906:Antibodies / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007633:Keratins / Q000276:immunology*; D012867:Skin / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology
D000682:Amyloid; D000906:Antibodies; D007633:Keratins