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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-7-5
pubmed:abstractText
Polymorphonuclear leukocytes are armed with an impressive arsenal of bactericidal agents that allow these cells to play a vital role in host defense against invading pathogens. However, these same agents can produce extensive cellular damage in host tissues when leukocytes are activated during inflammatory conditions. Recognition of this fact, when coupled with the observation that leukocyte adhesion to post-capillary venules is a critical first step in the inflammatory process, has led to the development of the concept that inhibition of neutrophil-endothelial cell adhesion (NECA) may represent a novel therapeutic strategy for the prevention of leukocyte-dependent injury in inflammatory conditions. Indeed, pharmacological or immunologic inhibition of NECA reduces cellular injury, dysfunction, and necrosis induced by ischemia/reperfusion, circulatory shock and resuscitation, organ transplantation, cardiopulmonary bypass, frostbite, and thermal trauma. NECA also appears to play an important role in the pathobiology of airway inflammation and asthma, pulmonary oxygen toxicity, arthritis, bacterial meningitis, and cerebral malaria. The aim of this review is to summarize the evidence implicating NECA in the pathogenesis of these inflammatory conditions.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0883-9441
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
47-71
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8199653-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:8199653-Arthritis, pubmed-meshheading:8199653-Asthma, pubmed-meshheading:8199653-Burns, pubmed-meshheading:8199653-Cardiopulmonary Bypass, pubmed-meshheading:8199653-Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, pubmed-meshheading:8199653-Cell Adhesion Molecules, pubmed-meshheading:8199653-Endothelium, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:8199653-Frostbite, pubmed-meshheading:8199653-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8199653-Inflammation, pubmed-meshheading:8199653-Malaria, Cerebral, pubmed-meshheading:8199653-Meningitis, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:8199653-Myocardial Ischemia, pubmed-meshheading:8199653-Neutrophils, pubmed-meshheading:8199653-Organ Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:8199653-Reperfusion Injury, pubmed-meshheading:8199653-Rheology, pubmed-meshheading:8199653-Shock, pubmed-meshheading:8199653-Venules
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Role of neutrophil-endothelial cell adhesion in inflammatory disorders.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, School of Medicine, Shreveport 71130-3932.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't