Abstract
The problems of major concern in immunohistochemical practice are discussed in the following order: (a) the mechanism of the Ag-Ab reaction in fixed tissue as opposed to the in vitro reaction; (b) the chemistry of fixation and its influence on the final result of the immunohistochemical reaction; (c) the various procedures used for antigen retrieval in formaldehyde-fixed tissue; and (d) the consideration of the possible mechanism underlying heat-induced antigen retrieval. Suggestions for further work to attempt a clarification of the mechanism involved in the Ag-Ab reaction in immunohistochemistry resorting to existing histochemical methods for the demonstration of protein side groups are presented, together with some examples already published.
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