...James H. WILLIAMS, JR; Madeleine V. PAHL; Donna KWONG; Jeng ZHANG; Denise HATAKEYAMA; Khawaja AHMAD; Majid NADERI; Minh KIM; Nosratola VAZIRI Complement receptor 3 (CR3; CD18/CD11b) plays an important role in the recognition and clearance of Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococci) by neutrophils...

...), soluble E-selectin and C-reactive protein, and neutrophil and monocyte CD11b expression] and routine blood cell counts in 20 patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome and positive blood culture. Eight patients with shock due to community-acquired infection developed OF, whereas 11 normotensive...

... age by flow-cytometric determination of CD11b and CD69 expression on the surface of human polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMN) stimulated with phorbol myristate acetate (PMA), a tumour promoter which binds to and activates protein kinase C (PKC) directly, or with formyl-Met-Leu-Phe (fMLP), which...

... that would distinguish SIRS patients with systemic inflammation from patients without inflammation. The study included 100 acutely ill patients with SIRS. Peripheral blood neutrophil and monocyte CD11b expression, serum interleukin-6, interleukin-1β, tumour necrosis factor-α and C-reactive protein were...

... CD11b and CD18. 2. Basal neutrophil CD11b expression was significantly increased in women with pre-eclampsia compared with normal pregnancy before delivery. A similar non-significant trend for CD18 was also observed. 3. Before delivery, neutrophil CD11b expression increased in a dose-dependent fashion...