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Figure 3. Stained cytocentrifuge preparations of purified mast cells, showing metachromatic staining of the granules with toluidine blue (panel A). Immunohistochemical staining reveals the presence of both chymase (panel B) and TNF (panel C) in the mast cell granules. Original magnification X1000. Scale bar indicates 5 µm.