F4/80 Antibody for Immunofluorescence

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Company:

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Product Name:

F4/80 Monoclonal Antibody (BM8), eFluor 660

Catalog Number:

50-4801-82

We are interested in the role of kidney resident macrophages in kidney inflammation. We wanted to investigate the location of kidney macrophages in relation to endothelial cells and were looking for a good antibody to stain macrophages.

Experimental Design and Results Summary

Applications

Immunofluorescence

Sample

PLP fixed mouse (C57BL/6) kidney cryosections

Primary Incubation

eFluor 660 anti-mouse F4/80 (5 µg/mL) for 3 hr at room temperature

Blocking Agent

1% BSA, 1% FCS, 0.3% Triton X, 2% mouse serum, 2% rat serum

Secondary Incubation

N/A

Tertiary Incubation

N/A

Detection

Images were acquired using an inverted Zeiss LSM880 confocal microscope with a 20x 0.8NA air objective.

Results Summary

Excellent staining of macrophages (green). Endothelial cells are in red.

DOI or PMID #

27477514

Additional Notes

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Summary

The Good

Excellent staining

The Bad

None

The Bottom Line

Excellent staining of macrophages, using directly conjugated antibody.

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