I've had good results with F4/80 staining on formaldehyde fixed
cryostat sections of mouse brain.
However, it did require microwave/citric acid antigen retrieval.
Trypsinisation pre-treatment also works, but I found it to be harsher
on the sections than microwaving.

Regards,
Andrew

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> Message: 6
> Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 13:40:40 -0500
> From: Sharon Cooperman 
> Subject: [Histonet] F4/80 on formalin fixed frozen spleen
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> Does anyone know if F4/80 can work on formalin fixed frozen mouse
> spleen for IHC without antigen retrieval?
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> Also, thanks to everyone for their suggestions re. mouse B-cell
> markers.
>
> Thanks,
> Sharon
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