Journal: The British Journal of Ophthalmology
Article Title: Tumour-associated lymphangiogenesis in conjunctival malignant melanoma
doi: 10.1136/bjo.2008.147355
Figure Lengend Snippet: Tumour-associated lymphatic vessels (LVs) in malignant melanomas (MMs) of the conjunctiva. (A) Representative image of LV staining with LYVE-1 antibody as specific marker for lymphatic endothelium: LYVE-1 positive peritumoural LVs. (B) Representative image of podoplanin stained LVs in the tumour adjacent conjunctiva. (C) Intratumoural LYVE-1 positive LVs (magnification ×100/×200). The area of primary acquired melanosis is marked with an asterisk. Arrows denote the LYVE-1/podoplanin stained lymphatic vessels. Note that erythrocyte-filled blood vessels are not stained with these lymphatic endothelial specific markers. LU, lymphatic vessel lumen.
Article Snippet: Sections of conjunctival MMs were incubated for 30 min with a rabbit polyclonal antibody against human LYVE-1 (1:100; Dako, Hamburg, Germany) and HRP-conjugated secondary antibody before development with 3-amino-9-ethylcarbazole (AEC + ) substrate (red reaction product) or 3,3′-diaminobenzidine (DAB; brown product).
Techniques: Staining, Marker