14 research outputs found
Idiopathic Myelofibrosis: a Possible Role for Immune-Complexes in the Pathogenesis of Bone Marrow Fibrosis
Circulating Immune Complexes, Complement Activation Kinetics and Serum Sickness following Treatment with Heterologous Anti-snake Venom Globulin
A method for estimation of circulating immune complexes after oral challenge with ovalbumin
Neutrophil Chemotaxis Defect in IgA Deficiency Evaluated by Migration Agarose Method
The chemotactic and random mobility functions of twelve selectively IgA-deficient patients were evaluated by a method using agarose gel. A severe polymorphonuclear cellular chemotactic defect was found in ten out of twelve patients, but only five of them also showed a marked associated impairment of random locomotory function. Futhermore, in one subject, levamisole therapy resulted in a dramatic improvement of both chemotactic and random mobility functions. These results are discussed in the paper with respect to the possible pathogenetic implications