IDENTIFICATION OF SURFACE MOLECULES ON EOSINOPHILS AND LYMPHOCYTES INBLOOD FROM PATIENTS WITH EOSINOPHILIA

Surface molecules on eosinophils and lymphocytes in blood from patient s with hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES), Kimura's disease and normal v olunteers were examined. In all 3 patients with HES, CD54-positive eos inophils were increased and in some patients with PIES and Kimura's di sease HLA-DR-positive eosinophils were increased. Additionally, CD11b- positive, CD16-positive, CD25-positive, CD54-positive, CD69-positive a nd HLA-DR-positive lymphocytes were increased in some of these patient s.