I am planning to perform macrophage immunohistochemistry in aortas from ApoE-deficient mice. Which is the best antibody and/or protocol to do it?

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Sara Fernández-Castillejo

Thank you Olena! really helpful!

Jordi Camps

Be careful Sara! CD68 is a marker of macrophages in HUMANS. I suggest to you to use F4/80 antigen. We shall be glad to send you the protocol.

Thank you Dr. Camps, I'll be pleased to get the protocol from you!

Thx Dr Polyakova for your clarification and for the link provided.

Florian Ebner

As Jordi mentioned, F4/80 is THE mouse marker to use for macrophages. Double-check whether they express it in this tissue, as some macrophages (e.g. alveolar) do not express this marker. If you are dealing with ongoing inflammation, Ly6G/C is also not a bad idea to also see infiltrating monocytes/neutrophils.