Laboratory methods

Shubich Method: Granulocyte Cationic Protein Detection

The principle of Shubich's cytochemical reaction with bromophenol blue: detecting cationic lysosomal proteins as granules in the cytoplasm of blood neutrophils.

Иван Галак 1 min August 7, 2023

Blood smear, Shubich stain: neutrophil with high density of blue granules

Blood smear, Shubich method: two neutrophils with detected cationic proteins

Blood smear: segmented neutrophil with moderate cytochemical reaction

Cytochemical reaction with bromophenol blue for cationic lysosomal proteins of granulocytes (Shubich method). Cationic proteins are detected as blue granules in the cytoplasm

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