CD177

CD177 is a glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored protein found on a variable subpopulation of neutrophils, roughly half of circulating granulocytes in positive individuals, where it constitutes the clinically important NB1 (HNA-2a) neutrophil alloantigen. Anti-CD177 antibodies cause febrile transfusion reactions, neonatal alloimmune neutropenia, and refractoriness to granulocyte transfusion, making the antigen relevant to transfusion medicine. The CD177-high neutrophil fraction is also the preferential target of anti-myeloperoxidase autoantibodies in ANCA-associated vasculitis, linking the molecule to autoimmune pathology. Because expression is bimodal within the granulocyte compartment, anti-CD177 reagents are widely used to resolve neutrophil subpopulations in flow cytometry.