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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2-3
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-12-8
pubmed:abstractText
Leukocyte adhesion deficiency type II (LAD II) is a rare disorder characterized by recurrent infections, persistent leukocytosis, and severe mental and growth retardation. LAD II neutrophils are deficient in expression of selectin ligand activity, and exhibit a correspondingly diminished ability to roll on endothelium and to traffic to inflammatory sites in vivo. LAD II patients exhibit a deficiency in the expression of cell surface fucosylated glycan structures that include the H and Lewis blood group determinants and the sialyl Lewis x epitope, yet the corresponding fucosyltransferase activities responsible for synthesis of these structures are expressed at normal levels. The molecular defect in LAD II has been localized to the pathway that synthesizes GDP-fucose from GDP-mannose. However, the two known component enzymes in this GDP-fucose biosynthetic pathway are normal in sequence and in expression levels in LAD II cells. The genetic lesion in LAD II that accounts for the generalized fucosylation defect in LAD II patients remains to be determined.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0006-3002
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
8
pubmed:volume
1455
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
193-204
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10571012-ABO Blood-Group System, pubmed-meshheading:10571012-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10571012-Cell Adhesion Molecules, pubmed-meshheading:10571012-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:10571012-Cell Movement, pubmed-meshheading:10571012-Fucose, pubmed-meshheading:10571012-Fucosyltransferases, pubmed-meshheading:10571012-Guanosine Diphosphate Fucose, pubmed-meshheading:10571012-Guanosine Diphosphate Mannose, pubmed-meshheading:10571012-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10571012-Hydro-Lyases, pubmed-meshheading:10571012-Leukocyte-Adhesion Deficiency Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:10571012-Leukocytes, pubmed-meshheading:10571012-Lewis Blood-Group System, pubmed-meshheading:10571012-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:10571012-Neutrophils, pubmed-meshheading:10571012-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:10571012-Selectins
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Leukocyte adhesion deficiency type II.
pubmed:affiliation
Cellular and Molecular Biology Program, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor 48109-0650, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Review