General description
Histology control slides are essential tools in supporting formal quality assurance programs within pathology laboratories. Our TISSUE-TROL™ slides feature paraffin-embedded tissue sections with known characteristics, specifically designed for monitoring staining performance.(a) Amyloid TISSUE-TROL™ Control Slides are histology slides containing paraffin embedded heart tissue containing amyloid proteins cut at 8 microns. The product comes with one reference slide stained using Congo Red (amyloid stain). Historically, amyloids have been described as fibrillar protein deposits often associated with a disease. Diseases caused by amyloids are referred to as “amyloidosis”. The product comes with one reference slide stained using Congo Red (amyloid stain). Historically, amyloids have been described as fibrillar protein deposits often associated with a disease. Diseases caused by amyloids are referred to as “amyloidosis”.
Application
Amyloid TISSUE-TROL™ Control Slides is used as a positive control to study pancreatic inflammation, and suitable to study whenther the Serum amyloid A (SAA) is present in human saccular Intracranial aneurysm walls and determine its association with aneurysm rupture.
Other Notes
Box contains 24 unstained slides plus one reference slide stained using Amyloid Stain, Congo Red (Procedure No. HT60).
Legal Information
TISSUE-TROL is a trademark of Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC
| biological source | human heart |
| application(s) | hematology histology |
| storage temp. | room temp |
