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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-4-3
pubmed:abstractText
Using a novel flow chamber assay system and whole blood, we show that leukocytes from septic individuals have a four-fold elevation of adhesion, but not rolling, on a P-selectin/beta2-integrin substrate. Most leukocytes from septic patients (but not healthy controls) that bound vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 (VCAM-1) were neutrophils. All adhesion was inhibited with an antibody specific for the VCAM-1 ligand alpha4-integrin. The alpha4-integrin was present on neutrophils from septic patients but not on neutrophils from patients with localized bacterial infections. The plasma milieu of septic patients was sufficient to induce neutrophils from healthy subjects to bind VCAM-1 under flow conditions. This is the first description of alpha4-integrin/VCAM-1 pathway of neutrophil recruitment in human disease. This pathway may provide a new therapeutic target to reduce inappropriate neutrophil adhesion without altering the normal yet critical beta2-integrin-mediated adhesive function of neutrophils.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1078-8956
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
465-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11283674-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:11283674-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11283674-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:11283674-Antigens, CD, pubmed-meshheading:11283674-Antigens, CD18, pubmed-meshheading:11283674-Case-Control Studies, pubmed-meshheading:11283674-Cell Adhesion, pubmed-meshheading:11283674-Cell Movement, pubmed-meshheading:11283674-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11283674-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11283674-Integrin alpha4, pubmed-meshheading:11283674-Leukocytes, pubmed-meshheading:11283674-Ligands, pubmed-meshheading:11283674-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11283674-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11283674-Neutrophils, pubmed-meshheading:11283674-P-Selectin, pubmed-meshheading:11283674-Shock, Septic, pubmed-meshheading:11283674-Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:11283674-Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Functional alpha4-integrin: a newly identified pathway of neutrophil recruitment in critically ill septic patients.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, and The Immunology Research Group, University of Calgary Medical Center, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't