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Table 1 Primary antibodies used in our two autopsy cases for diagnosis

From: Toxic leukoencephalopathy with axonal spheroids caused by chemotherapeutic drugs other than methotrexate

Antibodies

Dilution

Company

Findings in Case 1 and Case 2

GFAP

1:300

DAKO, Glostrup, Denmark

 + in the reactive astrocytes

NeuN

1: 500

Millipore, Temecula, USA

 + in the neurons

Neurofilament (NF)

1: 2000

DAKO, Glostrup, Denmark

 + in the axons and axonal spheroids

Phosphorylated NF

1: 10,000

Millipore, Temecula, USA

 + in the axons and axonal spheroids

Synaptophysin

1: 100

Novocastra, Newcastle, UK

 + in the gray matter

TMEM

1: 500

ABCAM, Bristol, UK

 + in the intrinsic microglia

CD163

1: 200

ABCAM, Bristol, UK

 + in the pigmented microglia

CD68

1: 2000

DAKO, Glostrup, Denmark

 + in the exogenous macrophages

CD3

1: 100

DAKO, Glostrup, Denmark

Negative in the entire brain

CD20

1: 100

DAKO, Glostrup, Denmark

Negative in the entire brain

α-synuclein

1: 200

ABCAM, Bristol, UK

Negative in the entire brain

β-amyloid

1: 500

Covance, Dallas, USA

Negative in the entire brain

3 repeat (3R) tau

1: 100

Millipore, Ontario, Canada

Negative in the entire brain

4 repeat (4R) tau

1: 1000

Millipore, Ontario, Canada

Negative in the entire brain

p-Tau (AT8)

1: 100

ThermoFisher, Waltham, USA,

Negative in the entire brain

p-TDP43

1: 1,000

Cosmobio, Tokyo, Japan

Negative in the entire brain

  1. GFAP Glial fibrillary acidic protein, NeuN Neuronal nuclei, CD Cluster of differentiation, p-Tau phosphorylated-Tau, p-TDP43 Phosphorylated TAR DNA binding protein 43