Peripheral blood eosinophils from patients with hypereosinophilic diseases (eosinophilic pneumonia, bronchial asthma, angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia, and hypereosinophilic syndrome) have strong immunoreactivity for Gal-9 in the plasma membrane and cytoplasm compared to nonatopic control cells [22]. The gene discussed is LGALS9; the disease is Increased total eosinophil count.