Maybe the same panel of special stains commonly used for human renal 
biopsies.  We did H&E, Massons Trichrome, PASH and possibly Jones Basement 
Membrane staining.  You would have to cut thin paraffin sections, 2 um at 
the most for the Jones Methenamine silver.

Gayle M. Callis
HT/HTL/MT(ASCP)
Bozeman MT


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patsy Ruegg" 
To: "'Histonet'" 
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 4:32 PM
Subject: [Histonet] renal tubules


> Folks,
>
> I have an investigator that wants to demonstrate damage to renal tubules 
> in
> rats caused by giving them uranyl acetate.  Can you recommend special 
> stains
> for that?  Would it be something like PAS?  Also are there antibodies we
> could use on ffpe rat kidneys that might help with this project?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Patsy
>
>
>
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