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Expression of adhesion molecules, CD11a, CD11b and CD18, and of the function-associated molecules CD3, CD4, CD8, CD16, CD19, CD56 and CD57 was assayed on peripheral blood leukocytes from normal control subjects (n=10), and from patients with adult periodontitis PD (n=9), ankylosing spondylitis AS (n=11) and rheumatoid arthritis RA (n=14). A novel rapid fixation leukocyte preparation technique was used which prevents artefactural up-regulation of surface antigens.
In RA patients, the percentage of CD18+ lymphocytes was decreased and that of CD11b+ neutrophils was increased. On lymphocytes the mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) of both CD11b and CD18 was decreased whereas that of CD57 was increased. In AS patients the percentages of CD11b+ lymphocytes and neutrophils were increased and CD18+ lymphocytes and neutrophils were decreased. On lymphocytes the MFIs of CD11b and CD18 were decreased, whilst that of CD16 was increased. On neutrophils the MFI for CD18 was increased. No significant differences (p<0.01) were seen for the periodontitis patients. It is suggested that the antigen expression on peripheral blood cells from RA and AS patients is consistent with leukocyte activation.
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Macey, M.G., Wilton, J.M.A., Carbon, R. et al. Leukocyte activation and function-associated antigens in inflammatory disease. Agents and Actions 38 (Suppl 2), C39–C40 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01991130
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