Impaired neutrophil function in intestinal lymphangiectasia.
Impaired neutrophil chemotaxis and phagocytosis were shown in three patients with intestinal lymphangiectasia. Abnormalities in cell associated and serum derived activity occurred, and possible mechanisms are suggested.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002634:Chemotaxis, Leukocyte; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005353:Fibronectins / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008201:Lymphangiectasis, Intestinal / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000276:immunology*; D010587:Phagocytosis; D011504:Protein-Losing Enteropathies / Q000276:immunology*
D005353:Fibronectins