Identification of basophilic granulocytes in human leukocyte suspensions subjected to immunofluorescence procedures with anti-IgE.

A method is described by which human leukocyte preparations obtained by Ficoll-Isopaque centrifugation are stained and fixed in such a way that the basophilic granulocytes in these preparations can be identified when the latter are subjected to immunofluorescence procedures with anti-IgE. Capping, blocking and absorption experiments confirmed the specificity of the test.