[Histonet] AlphaSMA staining

2010-05-26 Thread Phebe Verbrugghe
Hello everyone,   We are trying to stain alpha smooth muscle actin (on mouse/human liver) using the A5228 Sigma antibody and are getting nuclear staining while this stain should be cytoplasmic. Does anyone have experience with nuclear staining of alphaSMA? Is there anything I can do to

[Histonet] Double labeling with antibodies that need different fixatives

2010-02-22 Thread Phebe Verbrugghe
Hi all, I would like to do an immunofluorescent double labeling with two antibodies but 1 antibody works on acetone fixed frozen tissue but not on formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue (CD31 BD pharmingen 553370) and the other one works on formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue but not on

RE: [Histonet] Double labeling with antibodies that need different fixatives

2010-02-22 Thread Phebe Verbrugghe
for embedding in paraffin or should I use a specific protocol manually and if so, which? Thanks! Phebe From: Adam . [mailto:anonwu...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, 23 February 2010 10:52 AM To: Phebe Verbrugghe Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Re: [Histonet

RE: [Histonet] Double labeling with antibodies that need different fixatives

2010-02-22 Thread Phebe Verbrugghe
Hi Adam, Thanks a lot, might just give it a go on just formalin fixed tissue first. Phebe From: Adam . [mailto:anonwu...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, 23 February 2010 12:01 PM To: Phebe Verbrugghe Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Re: [Histonet