P-E-

P S Frenette1, T N Mayadas, H Rayburn

  • 1Center for Blood Research, Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.

Cell
|February 23, 1996
PubMed
まとめ

内皮のP-およびE-セレクチンの両方が欠けているマウスは,極端な白血球症および細菌感染に対する感受性を含む重度の免疫欠陥を示します. これらの発見は,白血球ホメオスタシスにおける内皮セレクトインの重要な役割を強調しています.

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