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*Stain for melanin. | *Stain for melanin. | ||
**Displays melanin - whether it be in melanocytes, keratinocytes or melanophages. | **Displays melanin - whether it be in melanocytes, keratinocytes or melanophages. | ||
**[[IHC stains]], i.e. ''Melan A, SOX10 or MITF'' are preferable for displaying ''melanocytes''. | **[[IHC stains]], i.e. ''Melan A, SOX10 or [[MITF]]'' are preferable for displaying ''melanocytes''. | ||
**Used to differentiate brown pigments (lipofuscin, hemosiderin, melanin).<ref>URL: [http://education.vetmed.vt.edu/curriculum/VM8054/labs/Lab2/Examples/exfontana.htm http://education.vetmed.vt.edu/curriculum/VM8054/labs/Lab2/Examples/exfontana.htm]. Accessed on: 5 May 2010.</ref> | **Used to differentiate brown pigments (lipofuscin, hemosiderin, melanin).<ref>URL: [http://education.vetmed.vt.edu/curriculum/VM8054/labs/Lab2/Examples/exfontana.htm http://education.vetmed.vt.edu/curriculum/VM8054/labs/Lab2/Examples/exfontana.htm]. Accessed on: 5 May 2010.</ref> | ||
**Used to document Minocycline type II drug induced pigment deposition | **Used to document Minocycline type II drug induced pigment deposition | ||