Table 1

 Antibodies used for immunohistochemistry

AntibodyPretreatmentSpeciesDilutionCloneOrigin*
*Dako, Glostrup, Denmark; Novocastra, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK; Pharmacia Diagnostics, Uppsala, Sweden; IQ Products, Groningen, The Netherlands; CLB/Sanquin, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
CD3 (lymphocyte)CitrateRabbit1:500PolyclonalDako
CD4 (T helper)CitrateMouse1:300CD4-368Novocastra
CD8 (T cytotoxic)CitrateMouse1:50CD8-144BDako
Neutrophil elastase (neutrophil)ProteaseMouse1:3200NP57Dako
CD68 (macrophage)CitrateMouse1:3000KP1Dako
Tryptase (mast cell)CitrateMouse1:16000AA1Dako
EG2 (eosinophil)TrypsinMouse1:150EG-2Pharmacia
CD138 (plasma cell)EDTAMouse1:6400B-B4IQ products
Granzyme BCitrateMouse1:200CLB-GB7CLB/Sanquin