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| | Neurological Research: Nitric oxide synthase inhibitor augments post-ischemic leukocyte adhesion in the cerebral ... |
 | | Enhancement of leukocyte endothelium interaction by leukotriene B4 11, histamine12, nicotine13 and its attenuation by heparin14 has been shown in rodents using similar techniques. | | | Neurological Research: Nitric oxide synthase inhibitor augments post-ischemic leukocyte adhesion in the cerebral microcirculation in vivo | | | The recent upswing of application of intravital fluorescence microscopy to study leukocyte endothelium interactions in the cerebral microcirculation in real time have provided the first insight into the magnitude and time course of adhesion events in cerebral microvessels under both normal and pathologic conditions. |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3909/is_199906/ai_n8859416
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| | ABC Blood Bulletin: Leukocyte Reduction of Blood Components |
| | Beneficial effects of leukocyte depletion of transfused blood on postoperative complications in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: a randomized clinical trial. | | | Preventing or delaying alloimmunization to leukocyte antigens in selected patients who are chronic transfusion candidates. | | | In patients experiencing this rare complication of transfusion, acute respiratory distress syndrome is attributable to a reaction between leukoagglutinating or HLA specific antibodies in the donor's plasma and the patient's leukocytes, resulting in complement mediated leukocyte aggregation and pulmonary leukostasis. |
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http://www.lifeblood.org/news/abc_v01_n02.htm
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| | Laboratory of Leukocyte Biology |
| | Dixon, Laboratory of Leukocyte Biology, National Cancer Institute-Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, Frederick, MD 21702-1201. | | | Based on such information, protocols for therapeutic treatments for retroviral diseases such as AIDS are being designed. | | | Principal Investigators in the Laboratory of Leukocyte Biology are: Francis W. |
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http://rex.nci.nih.gov/RESEARCH/basic/llb/llbpage.htm
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| | eMedicine - Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency : Article by Ann O'Neill Shigeoka, MD† |
| | Medicine is a constantly changing science and not all therapies are clearly established. | | | This 10-month-old patient with severe leukocyte adhesion deficiency type I (LAD I) developed a cervical adenitis caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae. | | | Leukocyte adhesion deficiency (LAD) is a rare disease with fewer than 200 patients reported in the literature. |
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http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic1302.htm
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| | APStracts 7:0072H, 2000. |
| | Blood flow was then restored in each vessel with a reduced flow rate at the range of 30-116 mum/s to facilitate leukocyte adhesion. | | | To investigate the direct effect of leukocyte adherence to microvessel walls on microvessel permeability, we developed a method to measure changes in hydraulic conductivity (Lp) before and after leukocyte adhesion in individually perfused venular microvessels in frog mesentery. | | | Furthermore, with the use of a silver staining in vivo technique, the locations of the adherent leukocytes on the microvessel wall were identified quantitatively in intact microvessels. |
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http://www.uth.tmc.edu/apstracts/2000/heart/February/72h.html
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| | More than 50 percent of the population in North America has evidence of past or present CMV infection—and it usually has no effect on transfusion recipients. | | | Leukocyte-reduced blood is often used for newborns, patients with weakened immune systems, and patients who require long-term, intensive transfusion support. | | | Another potential indirect benefit of transfusing patients with leukocyte-reduced blood is shorter hospital stays because patients may not experience adverse reactions or develop transfusion-related infections that require additional medical attention. |
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http://chapters.redcross.org/ca/socal/physician/products.html
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| | LEUKOCYTE POOR BLOOD |
| | Multitransfused and/or multiparous patients may be come alloimmunized to HLA or leukocyte antigens and may experience FNTR’s when transfused with blood components containing WBCs. | | | Prevention of HLA alloimmunization may be desirable for patients who require long-term platelet support or who may require eventual transplantation. | | | The most effective way to remove leukocytes is the use of specially designed filters (up to 99% WBC removal). |
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http://www.geocities.com/swvaguy/newsletter/leukocytereduction/leukoreducedblood.htm
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| | Biocenter - Research Groups - Leukocyte adhesion - molecular mechanisms |
| | Leukocyte adhesion is of pivotal importance in leukocyte physiology. | | | Several leukocyte adhesion molecules have been described among the most important of which are the leukocyte-specific §2-integrins, the intercellular adhesion molecules (ICAM) and the carbohydrate-binding selectins. | | | Biocenter - Research Groups - Leukocyte adhesion - molecular mechanisms |
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http://www.biocenter.helsinki.fi/groups/GAHMBERG/GAHMBERG_old.HTML
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| | human leukocyte antigen -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | Transplantation of organs and cells from one individual to another has become an important medical treatment. | | | More results on "human leukocyte antigen" when you join. | | | Although blood group studies cannot be used to prove paternity, they can provide unequivocal evidence that a male is not the father of a particular child. |
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9002535?tocId=9002535
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| | HON Allergy Glossary White Blood Cell |
| | Leukocytes or white blood cells (WBC) are cells in the blood that are involved in defending the body against infective organisms and foreign substances. | | | If the number of leukocytes is abnormally low (a condition known as leukopenia), infection is more likely to occur and it is more difficult for the body to get rid of the infection. | | | Like all blood cells, they are produced in the bone marrow. |
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http://www.hon.ch/Library/Theme/Allergy/Glossary/wbc.html
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| | leukocyte on Encyclopedia.com |
| | FDA Clears Pall's New Leukocyte Reduction Filter For Improved Blood Processing Efficiency. | | | Soluble Leukocyte Selectin in the Analysis of Pleural Effusions(*).(Statistical Data Included) | | | Tumor necrosis factor-[alpha] in diabetic plasma increases the activity of core 2 GlcNAc-T and adherence of human leukocytes to retinal endothelial cells: significance of core 2 GlcNAc-T in diabetic... |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/X/X-leukocyt.asp
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| | The Hutchinson Encyclopedia: leukocyte@ HighBeam Research |
| | Leukocytes play a part in the body's defences and give immunity against disease. | | | Leukocytes are colorless, with clear or granulated cytoplasm, and are capable of independent ameboid movement. | | | They occur in the blood, lymph, and elsewhere in the body's tissues. |
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http://www.highbeam.com/library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:100153461
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| | Role of angiotensin II in ischemia/reperfusion-induced leukocyte-endothelium interactions in the colon -- Riaz et al., ... |
| | Moreover, Ang II-induced leukocyte responses involved generation of reactive oxygen species and up-regulation of CXC chemokines. | | | The aims of the present study were to determine the effects and mechanisms of angiotensin II (Ang II) on leukocyte-endothelium interactions and the role of Ang II in a novel model of ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) in the mouse colon. | | | Notably, CXC chemokines, but not Ang II, stimulated leukocyte chemotaxis in vitro. |
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http://www.fasebj.org/cgi/content/abstract/03-0502fjev1
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| | Current Research: Leukocyte-endothelial adhesion |
| | The deformation to the tear-drop shape is explained by the positive first normal stress difference for the viscoelastic cell. | | | In the case of finite contact area, peripheral microvilli are responsible for membrane rupture. | | | As regards the intracellular space, it is possible to distinguish two mechanically different regions of the leukocyte: the nucleus and cytoplasm. |
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http://www.duke.edu/~damir/texts/current/cell/leukocyte_adhesion.html
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| | ► Leukocyte esterase |
| | The test will involve only normal urination, and there is no discomfort. | | | This is a test that measures leukocyte esterase activity in urine. | | | This test is part of the routine dipstick test. |
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http://www.umm.edu/ency/article/003584.htm
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| | Leukocyte Extravasation |
| | Molecular mechanisms that control leukocyte extravasation: the selectins and the chemokines. | | | ZMBE-Institute of Cell Biology (See leukocyte extravasation entry) | | | Leukocyte Migration and Inflammation (Chapter 15) in R. Goldsby, T. |
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http://www.whfreeman.com/kuby/content/anm/kb01an01.htm
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