CELLESTIAL® Assays
Poor Mito-ID staining observed.
Stained cells may have been exposed to strong light. Mito-ID® MP dye is light sensitive; be sure to protect samples…
Tue, Jul 18, 2023
There are differences in MFI (mean fluorescence intensity) values between cell lines.
Detection reagent accumulation may be influenced by cell size, endogenous esterase activity, etc. Using the inhibitors and calculating the MAF…
Tue, Jul 18, 2023
Chromatin condensation is not observed
Incorrect drug concentration or incubation time for cell type: Make sure the cell preparation protocol generates single cells with minimal…
Tue, Jul 18, 2023
Healthy cells show very high fluorescence intensity
PMT setting is too high. Lower PMT setting on flow cytometer. Incubation temperature. Incubation with the dye should be at…
Tue, Jul 18, 2023
DNA histograms are of poor overall quality.
The key elements in obtaining a histogram of high quality are good sample preparation, correct cell-to dye ratio and proper…
Tue, Jul 18, 2023
No decrease of the fluorescent signal after using a specific inhibitor
Inhibitor concentration is too low or too high. Very low doses of inhibitor may not affect ROS production by inducer.…
Tue, Jul 18, 2023
Low or no fluorescent signal in positive control
Species of interest may react with each other, thus attenuating the expected signal. ROS is a complex interacting system. Blocking…
Tue, Jul 18, 2023
In the sPLA2 activity kit (ADI-907-002), how is a Unit defined?
One unit of phospholipase activity is the amount of enzyme needed to hydrolyze 1.0 µmole of L-a-phosphatidylcholine to L-a-lysophosphatidylcholine and…
Tue, Jul 18, 2023
High fluorescence signal observed in negative control
Sample contains interfering substances. The assay is compatible with commonly used buffers (PBS, Tris, HEPES) and excipients (trehalose and sucrose),…
Tue, Jul 18, 2023
Poor signal observed in the assay
Staining reagent has been exposed to strong light. Protect reagents from exposure to strong light.
Tue, Jul 18, 2023
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