IHC for Mast Cell Tryptase?  I use the antibody from DAKO (mouse anti-human;
works on other mammals).

Jan Shivers
IHC Scientist
Univ of Minnesota Veterinary Diagnostic Lab
St. Paul, MN  55108
612-624-7297
shive003@tc.umn.edu

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Ian Montgomery
  To: histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
  Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 10:31 AM
  Subject: Mast cells.


          Any suggestions for a stain or combination of stains, conventional
or IHC, that will enable me to distinguish between mast cells, macrophages
and fibroblasts.
  Ian.

  Dr. Ian Montgomery,
  Histotechnology,
  Graham Kerr Building,
  Institute of Biomedical & Life Sciences,
  University of Glasgow,
  Glasgow,
  G12 8QQ.
  Tel: 0141 339 8855
  Office: 4652
  Lab: 6644.
  Pager: 07625 702883
  e-mail: ian.montgomery@bio.gla.ac.uk