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Basic Histological Stains

DAB and Fluorescent IHC

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CME stain (mouse artery)
Elastic Fibers—black,
Collagen, mucin—green
Muscle—red/brown
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Masson Trichrome stain (Mouse heart valves)
Nuclei—black
Cytoplasm, muscle fibers—red
Collagen, mucin—blue
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Periodic Acid-Schiff stain (PAS)
Glycogen—bright rose/red
Nuclei—blue

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Picrosirius Red stain (gut)
Collagen—red

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Prussian Blue stain for iron
Nuclei, hemofuschin—bright red
Hemosiderin(iron)—blue
Background—pink
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Sudan IV stain– lipids
Fat—red
Nuclei—blue
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Von Kossa stain- Calcium deposits
Calcium—black
Nuclei, muscle—red
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BrdU staining

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Biocytin IHC with DAB visualization- neuron
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Lysozyme IHC with DAB visualization
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Fluorescent double-label with GFP and Biocytin-SATR (neuron)

Green- GFP

Red- Biocytin-SATR

Yellow- Co-expression