Cell Viability Stain

Harvard Medical School
Medicine
Post-doctoral fellow

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Company:

BioLegend

Product Name:

7-AAD Viability Staining Solution

Catalog Number:

420404

I studied immune response in mice against mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv and clearance of the pathogen from the mouse system using anti-mycobacterial ESAT6 binding peptides.

Experimental Design and Results Summary

Application

Flow Cytometry

Starting Material

Cells stained for flow cytometry

Protocol Overview

After surface and intracellular staining, cells were washed and resuspend in 200uL of FACS buffer and 5 µl of 7-AAD per sample was added and incubated for 10 minutes in the dark. Cells were analyzed by flow cytometry.

Tips

Don't leave the cells long after adding 7AAD

Results Summary

The dye was used for analysis of every FACS sample generated from mouse lung single cell suspensions.

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Summary

The Good

Stain is very convenient for fexcluding dead cells from flow cytometry analysis.

The Bad

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The Bottom Line

Efficient exclusion of dead cells from FACS analysis

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