We use the Dako clone Ber-MAC3 anti human CD163 which seems to be working quite
well for identifying tissue resident macrophages.  Its supposed to be good for
differentiating between non-activated and activated monocytes.

Philip Bergin
Göteborg Universitet
Göteborg, Sweden

Jenny Molde wrote:

> Dear Histonetters,
> We are currently working with polyurethane synthetic materials and are
> having problems with distinguishing between activated and non activated
> macrophages. So far we have tried CD68, Ham 56.  Is there a specific marker
> that would only pick up the above mentioned markers?  Any help would be
> greatly appreciatted. Many thanks.
>
> Jenny Molde
> University of Cape Town
> South Africa