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Abstract
Today technetium-99m hexamethylpropylene amine oxime (99mTc-HMPAO) is widely used for leucocyte scintigraphy, as 99mTc-HMPAO selectively labels granulocytes in mixed leucocyte suspensions. However, the influence of cell labelling on the expression of specific adhesion proteins has not been studied before. Therefore, we investigated five patients, four of whom had established Crohn's disease. We found that leucocyte labelling with 99mTc-HMPAO induces increased expression of the glucoprotein receptor CD11b on granulocytes, but it is not clear whether this upregulation affects the functional integrity of the granulocytes.Entities:
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Year: 1995 PMID: 7588942 DOI: 10.1007/BF00808417
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Nucl Med ISSN: 0340-6997