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1 Institute of Experimental Cardiology and Cardiology Research Center, Moscow 121552, USSR; and Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195
A monoclonal antibody, designated 10F3, that reacts with an antigen of molecular mass 90,000 Da has been developed by immunization of BALB/c mice with smooth muscle cells in long-term culture. The cells were originally isolated from fetal human aorta. The 10F3 was identified as an antibody that reacts with the ICAM-1 molecule. ICAM-1 is a mesenchymal antigen that is lost during differentiation of cells other than endothelium but is reexpressed by the intimal cells of vessels involved in atherogenesis.
atherosclerosis; monoclonal antibodies
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