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Leukocyte adhesion deficiency syndromes: adhesion and tethering defects involving beta 2 integrins and selectin ligands.
Current opinion in hematology - 1 Jan 2002
Bunting Michaeline, Harris Estelle S, McIntyre Thomas M, Prescott Stephen M, Zimmerman Guy A
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Leukocyte adhesion deficiency (LAD) syndromes are failures of innate host defenses against bacteria, fungi, and other microorganisms resulting from defective tethering, adhesion, and targeting of myeloid leukocytes to sites of microbial invasion. LAD I and variant LAD I syndromes are caused by mutations that impair expression or function of integrins of the beta 2 class (CD11/CD18 integrins, or "leukocyte"...
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