Figure 1

Immunohistochemical analysis of rheumatoid arthritis specimens, psoriatic arthritis specimens and osteoarthritis specimens. Immunohistochemistry with the small immunoproteins L19, G11, F16, and F8 was performed in different pathology specimens obtained from biopsies of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis or osteoarthritis. In total, pathology specimens of seven patients were analyzed, four of them are shown above. Furthermore, immunofluorescence double staining with L19, G11, F16 and F8 (red) and von Willebrand factor (green) was performed on rheumatoid synovial tissue specimens of one patient (rheumatoid arthritis (1)). Overall F8 exhibited the strongest staining of all tested antibodies. It showed a diffuse stromal staining in certain areas and a vascular staining pattern in others. For negative controls, the primary antibody was omitted. Scale bars = 100 μm. neg ctrl = negative control.