Hi Marcos, I use 10% human AB serum to incubate the cells for 20 minutes at 4 degrees, then wash and pellet the cells. Afterward you can use your antibodies. I hope it will help. Regards Rafael >Hi colleagues, > >I tried to browse the archive to find the answer to this question, which I >think might have been addressed before, but without success. >Does anyone have a protocol for fc-receptor blocking with human IgG when >staining ficoll-separated PBMCs? I usually work with 0.5 to 1 x 10 to the 6 >cells per tube. My routine conjugates are CD3-APC, CD4Pe or FITC and >CD8Cy-chrome. >Thank you, > >Marcos da Silva >Pediatric Immunology lab - UMass Medical School >Marcos.DaSilva@umassmed.edu \|/ (o o) ________________________________oOo__(_)__oOo_________________________________ ___/\_ | Rafael Nunez mailto:rafaeln@vetvir.unizh.ch / o \/| | University Inst.for Virology http://www.vetvir.unizh.ch/ / _| | Winterthurerstr. 266a Telephone: (+41) 1 6358710 /_/\__/-\/ | 8057 Zurich SWITZERLAND Faximile : (+41) 1 6358911 ______________________________________________________________________________
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