Human Gingival Immunofluorescence Staining

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Company:

Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc.

Product Name:

Occludin Antibody (E-5)

Catalog Number:

sc-133256

The aim is to stain Occludin in human gingival epithelial cells using immunofluorescence staining. We could not get positive staining in either frozen sections or paraffin embedded sections.

Experimental Design and Results Summary

Applications

Immunofluorescence

Sample

Human gingival tissue

Primary Incubation

4C overnight, 1/50-800 dilution

Blocking Agent

10% goat serum with 1% BSA in PBS

Secondary Incubation

Goat anti mouse Alexa Fluor 488

Tertiary Incubation

None

Detection

Fluorescence

Results Summary

We could not get positive staining in either frozen sections (acetone or formalin fixation) or paraffin embedded sections (with or without antigen retrieval).

DOI or PMID #

N/A

Additional Notes

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Summary

The Good

Nothing

The Bad

No positive staining, high background

The Bottom Line

We have tested different ways to try to make it work, but all efforts failed.

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