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Table 1 Summary of immunohistochemical methodology

From: Monitoring the immune response of macrophages in tuberculous granuloma through the expression of CD68, iNOS and HLA-DR in naturally infected beef cattle

Primary antibody (Clone)

Type

Dilution

Supplier

Antigen retrieval

Blocking solution

Secondary antibody (dilution)

CD68 (EBM11)

Monoclonal anti-human

1:100

Dako

Protease from Bacillus licheniformis 0.64% in PBS for 8 min

BSA 1%

Anti-Mouse (1:200)

iNOS

Polyclonal Rabbit

1:500

NeoMarkers, Fremont CA

Citrate pH 6.0 oven

NGS 10%

Anti-Rabbit (1:200)

HLA-DR antigen

Alpha-chain, clone TAL.1B5

Monoclonal anti-human

1:20

Dako

Citrate buffer pH 3.2 in microwave

NGS 10%

Anti-Mouse (1:200)

  1. iNOS: inducible nitric oxide synthase; HLA-DR: Human leucocytic antigen-DR; BSA: Bovine serum albumin; NGS: Normal Goat serum; Anti-Mouse: Polyclonal Goat-Anti-Mouse (Dako, Santa Clara, USA); Anti-Rabbit: Goat Anti-Rabbit IgG (Vector Laboratories, USA)