These monoclonal antibodies showed specificity in demonstrating neurons secreting CNTF in CNS, and one kind of them inhibited the enhancing effect of CNTF on the proliferation of neonal SD rats skeletal muscle cells in culture. 该抗体能特异性地显示SD大鼠脑内表达CNTF的神经元,其中1株单克隆抗体能抑制CNTF促进体外培养新生SD大鼠骨骼肌细胞增殖的功能。