CFSE - part ?

From: tessa kerre (tessa.kerre@rug.ac.be)
Date: Fri Feb 11 2000 - 09:20:18 EST


Dear flowers,

In addition to Dr. Waddick's questions concerning CFSE, we too have some
problems with it.

I have been using CFSE to track human cord blood HSC in vivo and check
for cell divisions.

- I cannot use frozen material, because then I get clump forming, which
results in loss of 75% of my cells. Is this normal?
- It is extremely difficult to compensate the overflow from CFSE towards
the FL-3 and the FL-2 channel, making it difficult top combine CFSE with
PE or Cy labeled antibodies. Gating out of dead cells using propidium
iodide also becomes very difficult. Do others also have the same
problems, or do you have the magical settings?
- How long can you keep CFSE in good shape frozen in DMSO (-20°C)?

Kind regards,

Tessa



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