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Molecular characterization of leukocyte adhesion deficiency in six patients.
European journal of immunology - 1 Mar 1995
Wright A H, Douglass W A, Taylor G M, Lau Y L, Higgins D, Davies K A, Law S K
Abstract excerpt
Leukocyte adhesion deficiency (LAD) is caused by defects in the CD18 gene, which codes for the common beta 2 subunit of the leukocyte integrins LFA-1, Mac-1 and p150,95. Failure to produce a functional beta 2 subunit results in the defective expression of all three leukocyte integrins, and the leukocytes of LAD patients have subnormal adhesion properties. Six patients with LAD were studied. Patient B was...
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