Author:
Vitkunaite Aiste,Laurinaviciene Aida,Plancoulaine Benoit,Rasmusson Allan,Levenson Richard,Shribak Michael,Laurinavicius Arvydas
Abstract
AbstractIntranuclear birefringent inclusions (IBI) found in various cell types in paraffin-embedded tissue sections have long been considered to be a tissue processing artifact, although an association with biological processes has been suggested. We applied polychromatic polarization microscopy to image their spatial organization. Our study provides evidence that IBI are caused by liquid paraffin-macromolecular crystals formed during paraffin-embedding procedures within cells and potentially reflect an active transcriptional status.
Funder
European Social Fund, project under grant agreement with the Research Council of Lithuania
National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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