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Epidermal basal cells in the albino guinea pig were pulse labeled with tritiated thymidine (3H-TdR) by intraperitoneal or intradermal injection, and the fraction of labeled cells [labeling index (LI)] was compared in 4 µ versus 6 µ sections. The LI scored in 6 µ sections was about 10% lower than that in 4 µ sections. For our purpose, it is unnecessary to submit to the technical difficulties of routinely cutting sections of skin thinner than 5 to 6 µ for autoradiography of3H-TdR, since the increase in scoring efficiency is relatively small (10 to 20%).
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Albinomeerschweinchenepidermiszellen wurden durch Einspritzen von tritiertem Thymidin (3H-TdR) in das Peritoneum oder die Haut markiert. Der Markierungsindex wurde in 4 µ und 6 µ dicken Schnitten verglichen. Der Markierungsindex von 6-µ-Schnitten war etwa 10% geringer als der von 4-µ-Schnitten. Dies führt uns zu dem Schluß, daß es für unsere Zwecke nicht nötig ist, die Schnitte für die3H-TdR-Autoradiographie dünner als 5 oder 6 µ machen. Der Gewinn an Meßgenauigkeit (10–20%) ist verhältnismäßig klein, so daß die technischen Schwierigkeiten der Anfertigung dünner Hautschnitte sich für unsere Zwecke nicht lohnen.
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Taguchi, Y.H., Tabachnick, J. Evaluation of section thickness of skin in determining the epidermal labeling index with tritiated thymidine. Arch. Derm. Forsch. 247, 207–210 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00596239
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