title: Chemotaxis of polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) in patients suffering from recurrent infection.
abstract: PMN function was tested in patients suffering from recurrent infections. In 65 out of 240 patients lack of oxygen radical production or reduced chemotactic activity was found. In most cases the reduction was transient and associated with clinical impairments of the patients. Only a few patients had primary cellular defects. In one of those patients the expression of beta 2 integrins was reduced, while PMN of the other patients expressed beta 2 integrins normally. Thus, cellular defects other than the reduced expression of beta 2 integrins might also result in impaired chemotactic activity.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Immunologie, Universität Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Brenneis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Blaas-Mautner
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Wörner
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ludwig
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Hänsch
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000032:analysis; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D018821:CD18 Antigens; D002634:Chemotaxis, Leukocyte; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000276:immunology*; D012008:Recurrence
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D018821:CD18 Antigens