Hi all, Does anyone know a specific marker of T cells in thymus? i planning an experiments and i want to sort clean T cells CD4 and CD8 and exclude circulating cell. could you help me please.
I do not know a specific marker for thymocytes, but you can inject mice with a fluorescent antibody (ie. CD45 FITC) i.v. for 3 minutes. 3 minutes is enough time for the antibody to stain cells in the circulation and not the tissue resident cells. You could then exclude the CD45 FITC + cells from your sort.