Rat recombinant monoclonal antibody raised against immunising Sprague Dawley rats with TIM-2-Ig consisting of the extracellular domain (aa 1-230 of mouse TIM-2) and the Fc portion of mouse IgG2a, emulsified in complete Freund's adjuvant and then fusing lymph node cells from the immunized rats with P3U1 myeloma cells.