[Histonet] RE: Histo arcania ... Reticulum vs Reticulin

[Will Chappell]

Seems like our four-histotechs were the worst offenders for misuse. I believe Barry is right. 

A retic stain is a silver stain of a reticulum matrix of reticulin fibers (produced, of course, by reticular cells). 

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> On Nov 7, 2013, at 4:35 PM, "Morken, Timothy" <Timothy.Morken <@t> ucsfmedctr.org> wrote:
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> Tim Morken
> Supervisor, Electron Microscopy and Neuromuscular Special Studies
> UC San Francisco Medical Center
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Morken, Timothy 
> Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2013 4:35 PM
> To: 'Barry Rittman'
> Subject: RE: [Histonet] RE: Histo arcania ... Reticulum vs Reticulin
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> Not to pick on Barry, but here is some other info
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> These books refer to "reticulum" stain in reference to staining Reticular fibers:
> Sheehan
> Lillie
> Pearse
> Carson
> AFIP manual
> All stain kit vendors I have looked at
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> These books refer to "Reticulin" stain in reference to staining Reticular fibers:
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> Histology, A text and Atlas
> Basic Pathology
> Color Atlas of Histology
> Histology for Pathologists
> Bancroft's Histological Methods
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> Tim Morken
> Supervisor, Electron Microscopy and Neuromuscular Special Studies UC San Francisco Medical Center San Francisco, CA
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Barry Rittman
> Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2013 4:24 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Histonet] RE: Histo arcania ... Reticulum vs Reticulin
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> Reticulin is a type of collagenous fiber that is generally argyrophilic and first recognized as a type of collagen with the advent of electron microscopy. Associated with basement membranes and with fiber networks in bone marrow, lymph nodes  etc.
> Reticulum in* anatomy* refers to a network.
> In* histology* it is usually used to describe the endoplasmic reticulum organelles in cells, comprised or smooth and rough endoplasmic reticulum and involved in protein synthesis and modification.
> Barry
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>> On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 5:48 PM, Weems, Joyce K. < Joyce.Weems <@t> emoryhealthcare.org> wrote:
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>> I have seen them and have been told they are the same and interchangeable.
>> I've never really looked into it, tho. It will be good to learn!
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>> Timothy
>> Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2013 6:03 PM
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>> Oh Great Histonet, how do you describe the difference, if any, between 
>> the terms "reticulum" and "reticulin."
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>> Tim Morken
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