title: [An anti-human eosinophil monoclonal antibody AE500 that reacts only with granulocytes from hypereosinophilic patients].
abstract: To investigate the heterogeneity of human eosinophils, we established a murine anti-human eosinophil monoclonal antibody AE500 (IgM, kappa) by immunizing blood eosinophils from patients with idiopathic eosinophilia. The reactivity of AE500 with human leukocytes was analyzed by a fluorescence-activated cell sorter. AE500 reacted with all the populations of blood eosinophils and neutrophils from patients with eosinophilia (idiopathic eosinophilia, n X 4 or asthma, n =), but not with those from asthmatic patients without eosinophilia (n = 8) or normal subjects (n = 6). AE500 did not react with granulocytes from other family members of AE500-positive individuals. These results suggest that the anti-human eosinophil antibody AE500 reacts with a cell surface antigen of blood granulocytes in a hypereosinophilic state. This anti-eosinophilic antibody would be useful in investigating the mechanism of eosinophilia in a variety of diseases.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, Chiba University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ochiai
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Iwamoto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tomioka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yoshida
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology*; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology*; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal