A hybridization-chain-reaction-based method for amplifying immunosignals

Nat Methods. 2018 Apr;15(4):275-278. doi: 10.1038/nmeth.4611. Epub 2018 Feb 26.

Abstract

Immunosignal hybridization chain reaction (isHCR) combines antibody-antigen interactions with hybridization chain reaction (HCR) technology, which results in amplification of immunofluorescence signals by up to two to three orders of magnitude with low background. isHCR's highly modular and easily adaptable design enables the technique to be applied broadly, and we further optimized its use in multiplexed imaging and in state-of-the-art tissue expansion and clearing techniques.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies
  • Antigens
  • Behavior, Animal
  • Brain / metabolism
  • Gene Expression Regulation
  • HEK293 Cells
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Mice
  • Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques / methods*
  • Nucleic Acid Hybridization / methods*
  • Protein Binding

Substances

  • Antibodies
  • Antigens