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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 1992
Filed:
Nov. 28, 1989
Stuart F Schlossman, Newton Center, MA (US);
Chikao Morimoto, Needham, MA (US);
Coulter Corporation, Hialeah, FL (US);
Abstract
A monoclonal antibody which binds preferentially to a subset of the human CD4+ lymphocyte population whereby to positively and precisely distinguish between helper-inducer and suppressor-inducer cells in the CD4+ cell population. The monoclonal antibody recognizes a novel antigen on the CD4+ lymphocytes by means of which it can bind CD4+ cells which express the antigen on the surface of CD4+ cells. The CD4+ subset cell population to which this antibody preferentially binds is the CD4+ helper-inducer population. This selectivity of the monoclonal antibody enables cell sorting, diagnostic and possible therapeutic applications thereof to be realized. The monoclonal antibody also reacts with CD8 cells, B cells and macrophages.