Thymus-derived Origin of Sezary Cells Demonstrated by Peroxidaseconjugated Anti-HTLA Serum

Abstract

A horse anti-serum rendered specific for human T lymphocytes was conjugated with peroxidase and used for identification of Sezary cells extracted from skin in filtrates. Po-anti-HTLA serum stained all the cells show ing morphological characteristics of Sezary cells, which confirmed their thymus-derived origin.