Nephrology, Macrovascular and Microvascular Core
Contact Information
Director, Charles E. Alpers
(206) 598-6409
calp@u.washington.edu
Co-Director, Kevin O'Brien
(206) 685-3930
cardiac@u.washington.edu
Description of Services
- Blood pressure, plasma lipid and lipoprotein levels, urine albumin.
- Processing (freezing and/or fixation and paraffin embedding) of tissue or cells.
- Sectioning of frozen and paraffin-embedded tissue blocks appropriate for light, fluorescent and electron microscopy.
- Diagnostic pathology expertise in the evaluation of local and systemic effects in tissues and target organs of diabetic animals.
- Monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies to targeted gene products and reporter genes (e.g., p-galactosidase, alkaline phosphatase, green fluorescent protein).
- RNA and DNA probes for in situ hybridization studies, which complement studies of expressed proteins.
- Morphological services
