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Query: UMLS:C0001511 (Adhesion)
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In humans the glycoprotein complexes CD11/CD18 mediate leukocyte adhesion to cells. Mouse monoclonal antibodies (mAb) 60.3, 7E4, and IB4 to human CD18, found to cross-react with rabbit white blood cells, were used to identify the antigen in rabbit cells and to study adherence of rabbit leukocytes in vitro and in vivo. These antibodies labeled almost all unfractionated rabbit blood leukocytes and immunoprecipitated surface glycopolypeptides with apparent molecular weights of 85,000 and 150,000 from these cells. Adhesion of purified rabbit polymorphonuclear cells (PMNs) to cultured vascular endothelial cells in the presence of phorbol ester was blocked by the antibodies in a dose-dependent manner. The acute inflammatory response characterized by local accumulation of PMNs and concomitant plasma extravasation following intradermal injections of zymosan-activated serum (ZAS) in rabbits was inhibited in animals pretreated intravenously with anti-CD18 mAb. Intravital microscopy of the rabbit tenuissimus muscle demonstrated that anti-CD18 mAb. Intravital microscopy of the rabbit tenuissimus muscle demonstrated that anti-CD18 treatment specifically blocked the adhesion of activated leukocytes to the venular endothelium and thereby the subsequent diapedesis of these cells into the extravascular space. The lymphocyte-dependent tissue swelling resulting from a delayed-type hypersensitivity reaction in the rabbit ear was partially inhibited by anti-CD18 mAb. Systemic anti-CD18 treatment induced a pronounced increase in the number of circulating mononuclear and polymorphonuclear cells with a maximum at 24 hr after injection of the antibody. It is concluded that GP150/GP85 is the rabbit homologue of human CD11/CD18, and that leukocyte-cell adhesion mediated by these glycoprotein complexes participates in acute and delayed inflammatory responses and leukocyte distribution in vivo.
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PMID:Rabbit leukocyte adhesion molecules CD11/CD18 and their participation in acute and delayed inflammatory responses and leukocyte distribution in vivo. 197 27

The adhesion of leukocytes to endothelium is a physiological phenomenon which is the first step for leukocyte emigration. The adhesion can be dramatically increased in pathological situations such as inflammation and vascular diseases. The molecular basis of leukocyte-endothelium interaction has been largely investigated in the last ten years. Using monoclonal antibodies it is possible to characterize the leukocyte adhesion molecule (LeuCAM) also named CD11/CD18 complex. These molecules responsible for leukocyte adhesion are heterodimers consisting of a common beta subunit and different subunit CD11a/CD18 corresponding to LFA-1; CD11b/CD18 to Mac1/Mol; CD11c/CD18 to GP150-95. Beside these receptors, other leukocyte structures such as the fibronectin receptors are involved in the adhesive process. On the endothelial cell side specialized structures implicated in leukocyte adhesion have been identified. Structures like Intercellular Adhesion Molecule (ICAM) are expressed on endothelial cells in the absence of stimulation, while other receptors Endothelial Leukocyte Adhesion Molecule (ELAM) are only detectable on activated endothelial cells. Cytokines such as IL-1 induced the expression of ELAM, increased the number of ICAM and Human Leukocyte Antigens (HLA) DR, DP, DQ. In various pathological circumstances, namely extracorporeal circulation, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), hypercholesterolemia and diabetes mellitus increased leukocyte adhesion has been reported and is potentially responsible for vascular damage. Therefore, the modulation of leukocyte-endothelial cell interactions is a possible target for antithrombotic and antiatherosclerotic therapy.
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PMID:Leukocyte adhesion to endothelial cells. 226 8