Phenotypic analysis. Phenotypic analysis of Ab treatment on Ramos cells (A) and primary CLL cells (B). Ramos cells were incubated with mAb 37.1 or rituximab at a concentration of 30 μg/mL in Image Lock microplates (Essen Instruments) at 37°C in cell culture medium and photomicrographs were recorded as JPEG files at the indicated time points using an automated live-cell imaging system (IncuCyte, Essen Instruments) equipped with a 20× phase-contrast objective. Blood samples from CLL patients were incubated with mAb 37.1 and rituximab for 1 hour and blood smears were analyzed after routine staining (Giemsa). Pictures were taken at room temperature using a Zeiss Axioskop microscope equipped with a 50× Neofluar objective and recorded by a Zeiss AxioCam MR5c without image processing.