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Table 1 Antibodies used in the present study

From: Periostin expression and its supposed roles in benign and malignant thyroid nodules: an immunohistochemical study of 105 cases

Antigen

Clone

Source

Equipment

Antigen retrieval

PON

(P)

Abcam PLC (Cambridge, UK)

L

ER1 (30 min)

Galectin-3

9C4

Leica Biosystems (Bannockburn, IL, USA)

L

ER1 (30 min)

CK19

ROL108

DakoCytomation (Carpinteria, CA, USA)

L

ER2 (30 min)

HBME-1

HBME-1

DakoCytomation (Carpinteria, CA, USA)

L

ER2 (30 min)

Cyclin D1

SP4

Invitrogen (Carlsbad, CA, USA)

L

ER2 (20 min)

Ki-67

MIB1

DakoCytomation (Carpinteria, CA, USA)

R

CC1 (64 min)

  1. PON Periostin, CK Cytokeratin, HBME-1 Hector Battifora mesothelial-1, (P) Polyclonal antibody, L Leica BOND-MAX automatic immunostainer, R Roche VENTANA BenchMark ULTRA automatic immunostainer, ER1 pH 6.0 (Leica Biosystems, Bannockburn, IL, USA), ER2 pH 9.0 (Leica Biosystems, Bannockburn, IL, USA), CC1 pH 8.5 (Roche Tissue Diagnostics, Basel, Switzerland)