Table 2 Primary antibodies used for immunohistochemical analysis of pleuropulmonary blastoma

From: Gain of chromosome 8q is a frequent finding in pleuropulmonary blastoma

Antibody

Dilution

Clone/company

Mo/Po

Pretreatment

Myoglobin

1:500

MG-1, Biogenex, San Ramon, USA

Mo

No

Myogenin

1:25

Myf-4/L026, Novocastra, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK

Mo

Citrate, pH 6, 20 min

Vimentin

1:3200

V9, Biogenex

Mo

Citrate, pH 6, 20 min

Cytokeratin

1:100

AE1/AE3, Biogenex

Mo

Citrate, pH 6, 20 min

Actin

1:100

HHF-35, Enzo Diagnostics, NY, USA

Mo

Pronase, 5 min

CD34

1:20

Qbend/10, Labvision, Fremont, USA

Mo

No

SMA

1:150

1A4, Biogenex

Mo

No

Desmin

1:50

D33, Sanbio, Uden, The Netherlands

Mo

No

S100

1:5000

DAKO, Copenhagen, Denmark

Po

No

MyoD1

1:20

5.8A, Novocastra

Mo

Citrate, pH 6, 20 min

  1. Mo, monoclonal antibody; Po, rabbit polyclonal antibody; SMA, smooth muscle actin.