[Histonet] mast cells for arteries

[John Kiernan]

If you don't want the with purple-red metachromasia, try neutral red, which gives an orange-red metachromasia and true red nuclei. 
 
John Kiernan 
Anatomy, UWO 
London, Canada 
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On 01/11/11, Patsy Ruegg <pruegg <@t> ihctech.net> wrote:

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> Does anyone have a go to stain for Mast Cells besides Tol Blue?  We are
> trying to demonstrate the presence of mast cells in human arteries ffpe.
> Also, what would be a good positive control to use for mast cell staining,
> we used NH Skin and got maybe a few mast cells but I would like to use
> something more abundant with mast cells.
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> Best regards,
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> Patsy
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