title: Tissue transfers: substrates for cytology and cytochemistry of animal tissues.
abstract: The Tissue Transfer Technique (TTT) is a novel method of sampling animal tissue that can be used to study tissue morphology, chemistry and physiology. This review provides an overview of the technique and demonstrates its use to detect the tissue distribution of specific epitopes, lectin binding sites and nucleic acids as well as its application as an organ monolayer in culture. These applications are compared and contrasted with standard histological techniques including the "Tissue Printing Technique" developed to sample plant tissue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary Health Sciences Centre, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Matyas
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Rattner
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Rattner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003584:Cytological Techniques; D006651:Histocytochemistry / Q000379:methods*