HYBIRD CELL LINE FOR PRODUCING MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY TO A HUMAN EARLY THYMOCYTE ANTIGEN ANTIBODY METHOD OF PREPARATION OF THIS ANTIBODY DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC USES AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING THIS ANTIBODY

摘要

Hybrid cell line for production of monoclonal antibody to an antigen found on approximately 10% of normal human thymocytes. The hybrid is formed by fusing splenocytes from immunized CAF1 mice with P3X63Ag8U1 myeloma cells. Diagnostic and therapeutic uses of the monoclonal antibody are also disclosed.