p16

PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS:

Tissue:  Positive staining breast and negative staining adipose.
Fixation: Formalin 10%, 
Section/Glass: Paraffin sections cut at 4 microns on Superfrost™ Plus slides.
Quality Control Stain:  p16 quality control stained slide(s) included.
Reactivity: Guaranteed product specific reactivity for one year from date of receipt. Revalidate after one year to verify continued reactivity.
Storage: 15-30°C in a light deprived and humidity controlled environment.
Intended Use: To verify histological techniques and reagent reactivity.

p16 Control Slides are for the positive immunohistochemical staining of p16, a tumor suppressor protein that plays an important role in cell cycle regulation and acts as a tumor suppressor implicated in the prevention of cancers. p16 can serve as a surrogate marker for high risk HPV in cases of cervical, head and neck and a variety of HPV related carcinomas.