Hi Lin, I am not aware of a special stain that is that specific for C-cells, but a calcitonin immunostain is pretty specific.
Good luck Ashley Troutman BS, HT(ASCP) QIHC Immunohistochemistry Supervisor Vanderbilt University Histopathology 1301 Medical Center Drive TVC 4531 Nashville, TN 37232 Message: 6 Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:21:37 -0500 From: "Lin Bustamante" <lbustama...@cvm.tamu.edu> Subject: [Histonet] Parafolicular cells, "C" cells To: <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> Message-ID: <4cc84381020000b9000e3...@cvm.tamu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Do you know a good specific special stain (not IHC stain) for this cells of the thyroid gland? Lin S. Bustamante, B.Sc.; HT(ASCP) Research Associate Histology Lab Supervisor Veterinary Integrative Bioscience Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843-4458 _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
