Kidney cells fixation

For practical purposes in immunohistochemistry, endogenous peroxidase activity can be defined as any activity that results in the decomposition of H202. Such activity is a common property of all hemoproteins such as hemoglobin (red cells), myoglobin (muscle cells), cytochrome (granulocytes, monocytes) and catalases (liver and kidney). Peroxidase activity may also be encountered in tissue areas adjacent to vascularized areas due to the diffusion of blood prior to fixation. 

Breitenstein et al. used chemical fixation of six confluent layers of normal rat kidney (NRK) cells, grown... 

Cole reported that the animal research he had performed in 1951 showed that "in the kidneys some of the glomeruli were swollen, as were the cells of the collecting tublules of the cortex." In his summary he states that "it may be stated that spinal fixation in experimental animals resulted in cellular and vascular alterations in visceral structures reflexly (sympathetically associated)."... 

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