Horse serum has been used as a supplement in minimum essential medium for cerebrocortical neuronal−glial cell culturesand RPMI-40 medium for PC12 cells derived from rat adrenal medulla pheochromocytoma.It has also been used in immunohistochemistry of Florida manatee brain sections.Horse serum has been used as a supplement in minimum essential medium (MEM) for cerebrocortical neuronal–glial cell cultures and in RPMI-1640 medium for PC12 cells derived from rat adrenal medulla pheochromocytoma. It has also been used in immunohistochemistry of Florida manatee brain sections.
Normal horse serum may be used as a blocking agent and as a control in immunoassays. For immunohistochemistry and immunocytochemistry, 10% horse serum was used as a blocking agent in various studies.
Horse serum was used in immunostaining to block non-specific antibody binding.