Article
Adult mastocytosis: an immunophenotypic and flow-cytometric investigation.
The British journal of dermatology - 1 Jun 1990
Ormerod A D, Herriot R, Davidson R J, Sewell H F
Abstract excerpt
Skin mast cells of five patients with mastocytosis/urticaria pigmentosa and from four normal controls were immunophenotyped with a panel of 17 monoclonal antibodies; peripheral blood mononuclear cells from the patients were similarly labelled and analysed by flow cytometry. Cutaneous mast cells expressed leucocyte common antigen and markers of macrophage/monocyte lineage suggesting a common progenitor in the...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Antigens, CD
- Antigens, Differentiation
- Biomarkers
- Cell Division
- Female
- Flow Cytometry
- HLA-DR Antigens
- Histocompatibility Antigens
- Humans
