Usefulness of grading of neutrophil aggregate size by laser-light scattering technique for characterizing stimulatory and inhibitory effects of agents on aggregation

Life Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 1525-1534

  Niwa, Masayuki ^a   Kanamori, Yutaka ^a   Kohno, Ken Ichi ^b   Matsuno, Hiroyuki ^a   Kozawa, Osamu ^a   Kanamaru, Mitsutaka ^b   Uematsu, Toshihiko ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sitro Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Laser light scattering; Neutrophil aggregation; Particle counting method

Indexed keywords

BUCLADESINE; CALCIUM; CYTOCHALASIN B; FORMYLMETHIONYLLEUCYLPHENYLALANINE; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROTEIN KINASE C; REAGENT; WORTMANNIN;

ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL COUNT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LASER; LIGHT SCATTERING; NEUTROPHIL; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; TECHNIQUE;

1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; ANDROSTADIENES; BUCLADESINE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL COUNT; CYTOCHALASIN B; DINOPROSTONE; ENZYME ACTIVATORS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; LASERS; LIGHT; N-FORMYLMETHIONINE LEUCYL-PHENYLALANINE; NEUTROPHIL ACTIVATION; NEUTROPHILS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHORBOL ESTERS; PROTEIN KINASE C; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE;

EID: 0034682896     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(00)00753-0     Document Type: Article

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