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IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY

Utilizing advanced diagnostic techniques to evaluate protein expression of cells within tissues, IHC assists in identifying the distribution and localization of biomarkers.

IHC Markers

  • Akt, protein kinase
  • Alpha fetoprotein
  • Anaplastic lymphoma kinase-1
  • Annexin A1, hairy cell, B-cell lymphoma
  • Androgen receptor
  • Anti-Caldesmon, smooth muscle
  • BCL2 follicular lymphoma, apoptosis inhibiting protein
  • BCL6 follicle center B-cell
  • CA 125 epitheliod malignancies ovary, breast
  • CA 19-9 pancreas, liver, ovary, lung tumors
  • Calcitonin
  • Calretinin, calcium binding protein
  • Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA)
  • Cathepsin D, breast carcinoma
  • CD1a cortical thymocyctes, Langerhans cells
  • CD2 thymic, T-cells, NK cell
  • CD3 pan T-cell antigen
  • CD4 helper T-cells
  • CD5 pan T-cells, B-cell subset, thymic carcinoma
  • CD7 pan T-cells, NK cells and thymocytes
  • CD8 suppressor T-cells
  • CD10 common acute lymphoblastic leukemia antigen
  • CD15 epithelial, myeloid, Reed-Sternberg cell
  • CD20 pan B-cell
  • CD23 activated B-cells
  • CD30 Ki-1 activated T-cells, B-cells, Reed-Sternberg cell
  • CD31 endothelial cells technical only
  • CD34 endothelial, stem cells, stromal cells
  • CD43 T-cell, myeloid, B-cell subset, histiocyte
  • CD45 leuocyte common antigen
  • CD56 NK cell
  • CD57 neural, neuroendocrine, NK cells
  • CD68 macrophages
  • CD79a B-cells, plasma cells
  • CD138 plasma cells, subset epithelial cells
  • CDX2 colorectal carcinoma
  • Chromogranin A
  • c-kit, myeloid and mast cell (CD117)
  • Cyclin D1/PRAD1 mantle cell lymphoma
  • Collagen IV, basement membrane protein
  • Cytokeratin 5/6, squamous, mesothelial
  • Cytokeratin 5 / p63 tumor suppressor gene cocktail
  • Cytokeratin 5, p63, CK8/18 breast cocktail
  • Cytokeratin 7, 54kD
  • Cytokeratin 8; 35BH11
  • Cytokeratin 8 (CAM5.2)
  • Cytokeratin 8/18, adenocarcinoma
  • Cytokeratin 19
  • Cytokeratin 20
  • Cytokeratin cocktail, PAN (AE1/AE3)
  • Cytokeratin high molecular weight; 34BE12
  • Cytomegalovirus
  • D2-40, Podoplanin
  • Desmin filament protein
  • DOG1, derived from GIST 1
  • E-cadherin epithelial cell, ductal-type breast carcinoma
  • EGFR, epidernal growth factor receptor (HER1)
  • Epithelial membrane antigen
  • Epithelial related antigen (MOC-31)




IHC utilizes enzyme-based reactions in conjunction with mono- or polyclonal antibodies to evaluate protein expression levels and locate sub cellular antigens in tissues


  • ERCC1 excision repair cross complementing polypeptide
  • Estrogen receptor
  • Factor XIIIa fibrohistiocytic, dendritic interstitial cells
  • Fascin, Hodgkin's lymphoma, Reed Sternberg cells
  • Galectin-3, thyroid neoplasm, anaplastic LCL
  • Gastrin, G-cell antral/pyloric mucosa
  • Glycophorin-A
  • Granzyme B, cytotoxic T-cell subset, NK cell
  • Gross cystic disease fluid protein 15
  • Hairy cell leukemia (DBA44)
  • Helicobacter pylori
  • Hepatocyte antigen (HEP Par-1)
  • HER2/neu IVD
  • Herpes Simplex virus type I and II
  • HMB 45, melanoma associated marker
  • Human glial fibrillary acidic protein
  • Melanoma associated marker/Mart 1
  • Inhibin, adrenal cortical, sex chord stromal
  • Ki67 (MIB-1) cell proliferation marker
  • Melanoma cocktail (HMB-45, Melan A)
  • Microsatellite instability profile MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, PMS2
  • Microsatellite instability MLH1
  • Microsatellite instability MSH2
  • Microsatellite instability MSH6
  • MUM1, multiple myeloma oncogene 1
  • Muscle specific actin
  • Myeloperoxidase
  • Myogenin muscle marker, habdomyosarcoma
  • Myoglobin cardiac, skeletal
  • Neurofilament
  • Neuron-specific enolase (NSE)
  • p16 tumor suppressor protein
  • p21 WAF1 inhibitory gene
  • p27Kip, kinase inhibitory protein 1
  • p53 tumor suppressor gene protein
  • p63 nuclear, tumor suppressor gene protein
  • p63 plasma cell, tumor suppressor gene protein
  • P504S gene product (AMACR) prostatic adenocarcinoma
  • PAX-5, B-cell transcription factor
  • pERK1/2, extracellular signal related kinase
  • PIN-2 cocktail (P504S, CK HMW,) prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia
  • PIN-4 cocktail (P504S,HMW CK, P63)
  • Placental alkaline phosphatase, germ cell tumors, adenocarcinoma
  • Platelet derived growth factor receptor (PDGFR) alpha
  • Post Meiotic Segratation increased 2
  • pRb, phosphorylated retinoblastoma suppressor protein
  • ProEx™ C biomarker
  • Progesterone receptor
  • Prostatic acid phosphatase
  • Prostate specific antigen (PSA)
  • Renal cell carcinoma
  • S-100 protein
  • Smooth muscle actin
  • Smooth muscle myosin
  • Somatostatin, D-cells pancreatic islet cells
  • Synaptophysin
  • Survivin
  • TAG 72, adenocarcinoma
  • Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase, cortical thymocytes
  • Thyroglobulin
  • Thyroid Transcription Factor-1
  • Tyrosinase
  • Varicella zoster virus
  • Vimentin
  • Von Willebrand Factor VIII
  • WT1, Wilms tumor
  • ZAP 70, CLL/SLL prognosis