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
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
Control cells without treatment show low orange signal.
Control cells are not healthy. Extended storage of cells after staining may adversely affect their health >> Use healthy cells…
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
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
More than one aggregation peak is observed.
A protein might have multiple domains that start aggregation at different temperatures. For most samples, any aggregation is an indication…
Tue, Jul 18, 2023
Inconsistent results between PDI assay experiments.
This is caused by inappropriate Stop Reagent addition. Be sure to pre-incubate with Stop Reagent to terminate both the enzyme…
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
Can I use cell culture samples in the COX Activity assay?
Cell culture samples are compatible with this kit. Since this is an activity assay rather than a quantitative immunoassay, there…
Tue, Jul 18, 2023
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