(A,B) Surface expression of IL-5Rα, but not EMR1, is detected on CD34+ cells in bone marrow from a patient with HES A) and on purified CD34+ cells isolated from peripheral blood (B). (C-G) In vitro differentiation of CD34+ cells. Fast-green/neutral red staining of cultured CD34+ cells 2 days prior to (C) and 21 days after (D) the addition of IL-5. The arrow indicates a mature eosinophil with bilobed red nucleus and green secondary granules. Surface expression of EMR1 and CD34 as a function of time (E). mRNA expression as a function of time for EPX, MBP, and EDN (F; left axis), ECP (F; right axis), EMR1 and Siglec-8 (G; left axis) and IL-5Rα (G; right axis).