Coulter Corporation

David E Hofheinz

Kenneth H Kortright

Gary P Toedter

Paulette E Smariga

Song Y Lee

Meryl A Forman

Candie S Stoner

Lori A Charie

Samuel R Pearlman

Carole Sullivan

David M Allman

A hybrid cell line is provided which is capable of producing monoclonal antibodies which binds to HTLV-I and HTLV-II core antigens p24 and p53; but does not bind the p19 core antigen. The antibody also binds to core antigens of simian T-cell leukemia virus Type I (STLV-I). The monoclonal antibody is identified as the KC-88 monoclonal antibody. The cell line which produces the KC-88 monoclonal antibody has been deposited in the American Type Culture Collection, Rockville, Md. and assigned A.T.C.C. Deposit No. HB 10562.

Monoclonal antibody for detecting HTLV-I, HTLV-II and STLV-I viruses

A hybrid cell line is provided which is capable of producing monoclonal antibodies which bind to HIV core antigen P55, the precursor protein coded for the gag gene, the core protein P24 and partial breakdown products P39 and P33. The monoclonal antibody embodying the invention does not bind the P18 core protein or any HIV envelope antigens. The cell line of the invention was developed by a unique immunization protocol in which BALB/c mice were immunized over a series of multiple infusions using a select group of immunogens and a conventional myeloma cell line for fusion with the murine splenocytes harvested. The monoclonal antibody is identified as the KC-57 antibody. This monoclonal antibody is especially useful for a solid phase immunoassay in which the monoclonal antibody is detected in its binding to HIV antigens found in a serum or plasma sample from a human patient. The cell line which produces the KC-57 monoclonal antibody has been deposited in the American Type Culture Collection, Rockville, Md. and assigned A.T.C.C. No. HB 9585.

Monoclonal antibody specific to HIV antigens

A solid-phase immunoassay is provided for determination of HIV antigens in human physiological fluid. The immunoassay is characterized by the coating of a solid substrate with a unique monoclonal antibody which recognizes a common antigenic determinant of a group of HIV core antigens and no HIV envelope antigens of HIV. The test sample preferably also is subjected to a lysing reagent prior to the incubation for uniformly dispersing antigens which may be present in the test sample.

Enzyme immunoassay for detecting HIV antigens in human sera

A solid-phase immunoassay is provided for determination of members of an immunological pair such as antigen and/or antibody of a single binding pair in human physiological fluid, wherein a single immunoassay enables simultaneous detection of antigen and/or antibody of a single binding pair in a test sample which may have circulating antigen and/or antibody. The immunoassay is characterized by the addition of an amount of antigen or 'spike' of the binding pair to the test sample prior to incubation of the test sample in the presence of a solid-phase absorbed antibody of the binding pair. The test sample preferably also is subjected to a lysing reagent prior to the incubation for uniformly dispensing antigens which may be present in the test sample.

Simultaneous enzyme immunoassay for detecting antigen and/or antibody in

A hybrid cell line capable of producing monoclonal antibodies uniquely specific to human neutrophils and eosinophils and exhibiting no specificity for lymphocytes, basophils and monocytes. Further there is noreactivity with acute leukemia cells. One of the partners in the hybridoma fusion of a mouse spleen cell developed from using human granulocytes as the immunization agent. The monoclonal antibody further is capable of being used to enumerate and isolate neutrophils in normal peripheral blood and possibly in blood of patients with acute leukemia.

Monoclonal antibody specific to a common determinant site of neutrophils

A murine monoclonal antibody which selectively binds to the determinant site or specific epitope of glycophorin A exposed on the membrane of the erythrocyte and does not bind to other glycophorins. The monoclonal antibody is coated on a microsphere or substrate of a suitable monodispersed variety and utilized in a separation procedure for recovery of white blood cell subsets without lysing of erythrocytes. The bound microspheres are recovered without adverse depletion of the white blood cell population of the sample. The microsphere or bead-to-cell ratio employed is most acceptable for commercial applications of the invention. The invention thus enables accurate assaying of white blood cell subsets in circulating peripheral blood without resorting to lysing of erythrocytes.

Monoclonal antibody for recovery of leukocytes in human peripheral blood

A murine monoclonal antibody specific for an antigenic determinant on the surface or in the cytoplasm of human carcinoma cells and tissue. A cell line is provided for producing such specific monoclonal antibodies for the detection, diagnosis, and therapeutic treatment of a plurality of human carcinomas by means of selective labelling of said monoclonal antibodies.

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David E Hofheinz