CD245 is a 220-250 kDa transmembrane protein of unknown structure. It is expressed at lower level on resting blood lymphocytes, granulocytes, platelets, and thymocytes, and at high level on monocytes and on IL-2-dependent T cell lines. It is also expressed on Ewing sarcoma and osteosarcoma cell lines. CD245 seems to act as a costimulation molecule of T and NK cells.