Greg,
I have stained  rat tissue for IL-1ra and it worked well but it was an
antibody that we had made to detect our drug.
Gina

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From: rueggp [mailto:rueggp@earthlink.net]
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 12:19 PM
To: Greg Dobbin
Cc: histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
Subject: Re: IL-1 in Rats


Greg,
I have not been able to do it.  Perhaps others have.  Cytokines in
general have not done well in my hands on ffpe tissues.
Patsy

Greg Dobbin wrote:

> Hello Friends,
>
> Is it possible to stain (immunohistochemically) for IL-1 in rat,
> formalin fixed, paraffin embedded tissues? Or is this one of those
> cryostat only markers?
>
> If it is possible, can you suggest a vendor?
> Cheers!
> Greg
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> Greg Dobbin
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