jfh@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Jack Hamilton) (08/22/90)
I have wondered where the name "CD4" comes from, but I've never remember to
ask someone who knows.
I was reading the description of a drug called "Orthoclone" last night.
Orthoclone is an immunosuppressant and is used to help prevent graft
rejection by blocking the function of CD3 in T cells.
The description included this sentence: "The CD3 designation identifies the
specificity of the antibody as the Cell Differentiation (CD) cluster 3
defined by the First International Workshop on Human Leukocyte
Differentiation Antigens."
So now I know.
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