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White blood cells have a potential role in the pathogenesis of vasculopathy in diabetic patients. We studied the circulating peripheral blod in a cohort of patients with documented ischemic heart or brain disease with and without type 2 diabetes by means of image analysis and flow cytometry. Our study showed that the state of leukocyte adhesiveness/aggregation is slightly increased in those who had concomitant diabetes but that there was no difference regarding the expression of CD11b/CD18 and CD62L antigens on the surface of the peripheral blood white blood cells. The finding of a significantly increased number of white blood cells in the peripheral blood of patients with ischemic vascular diseases is important insofar as it is associated with a poorer prognosis.
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Received: 21 May 2000 / Accepted in revised form: 28 March 2001
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Fusman, R., Rotstein, R., Zeltser, D. et al. The state of leukocyte adhesiveness/aggregation in the peripheral blood of patients with type 2 diabetes and ischemic vascular disease. Acta Diabetol 38, 43–49 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s005920170028
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s005920170028