In situ hybridization (ISH) has been used to identify mRNA (or DNA) in fresh tissue samples of humans and animals. Several protocols describing this technique are available, although its description is not usually detailed enough. The present work describes in situ hybridization reaction on fresh tissue in a way to make understandable this important technique, which allows verifying the cellular localization, and the spatial and temporal expression, of gene transcripts (mRNA). Results with PITX1, TGIF, SHH and WNT-5A riboprobes, in fresh tissue samples, are presented.
In situ hybridization; Messenger RNA; Pathology
