“…They represent a small subpopulation of peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) in most healthy adults but are increased in some patients with systemic and cutaneous autoimmune disorders (17)(18)(19), in children suffering from certain genetic immunodeficiency syndromes (20,21), in some individuals infected with T-cell leukemia virus type I or human immunodeficiency virus (22,23), and in some apparently healthy individuals (24) (37). mAbs were anti-Leu-4 (CD3), anti-Leu-3 (CD4), anti-Leu-2a (CD8), anti-Leu-15 (CD11b), anti-Leu-llc (CD16), antiinterleukin-2 receptor (CD25, p55), anti-Leu-19 (CD56), and antiLeu-7 (CD57), anti-TCR-1 (TCR a/(3), anti-TCRy/8-1 (TCRCy), anti-Leu-8 (L-selectin), and anti-HLA-DR, all purchased from Becton Dickinson, and 2H4 (CD45RA) from Coulter (Raritan, NJ) and UCHL1 (CD45RO) from Dako.…”