False. The statement describes cross-reactivity, not epitope spreading. Epitope spreading is an important immunological concept, particularly relevant to autoimmune diseases and some vaccine responses. It refers to the diversification of an immune response from an initial, focused reaction against a single dominant epitope on a target antigen to include immune responses against additional, distinct epitopes on the same antigen (intramolecular spreading) or on different, but often structurally related, antigens (intermolecular spreading). This process can amplify and perpetuate an autoimmune response. In the context of IHC and antibody specificity, a well-validated monoclonal antibody should not exhibit epitope spreading; it should be specific to a single epitope. The confusion often lies with polyclonal antibodies, which are a mixture recognizing multiple epitopes on the same antigen, but this is by design, not a spreading phenomenon.

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