[Histonet] microglia

[Sharon Cooperman]

Hi.  I don't think there are any that work well in FFPE.  Abcam has 
one that requires proteinasing antigen retrieval that hasn't worked 
for me.  MAC-1 works well in frozen tissue.  There's also a special 
fixation protocol (prior to paraffin embedding) that is supposed to 
make all the abs that work on frozen tissue work on paraffin embedded 
tissue - the reference is on the abcam site with their 
anti-microglial antibody.  I know f4/80 works for peripheral 
macrophages in ffpe tissue, but I don't know if it works on 
microglia.  Another solution would be to use ricin (not the very 
toxic variety) from Vector (references and protocol on their web 
site.  I would love to find an anti-microglial antibody that is easy 
to use and works of ffpe tissue but I don't think one exists.

Sharon

>Hi all!
>
>Can anyone suggest a good antibody for microglia that works on 
>frozen and FFPE-tissue in mice?
>
>Thanks in advance!
>
>Inga
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