Description | The anti-rat T cytotoxic/suppressor cell monoclonal antibodies recognize a determinant on the majority of thymocytes (90-95%), a subset of peripheral T cells, the majority of NK cells, and the granular intraepithelial leukocytes in the small intestine (1,2,3,4). The antigen recognized is a complex of surface glycoproteins of Mr 34, 39, and 76 kDa and is the rat homologue of the human CD8 and the mouse Ly 2.3 antigen (5,8). Clone OX-8 labels all peripheral T cells that are unlabelled by clone W3/25 (CL003). It labels a T cell subset which mediates the suppression of antibody formation (1) and the cytotoxic cell precursor (2). OX-8 and W3/25 can be used together to fractionate T cells by sorting in FACS or by rosette depletion (1,2) or can be |
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