Design We studied the expression of homing markers on monocyte subsets in the peripheral blood and on macrophage subsets in the gut of patients with IBD and controls with flow cytometry and ...

A substantial and persuasive body of data now exists that supports the view that integrin alpha V beta 3 plays a critical part in activated macrophage dependent inflammation, osteoclast development, ...

Table 1 Potential actions of macrophage migration inhibitory factor ... binding to leukocyte-expressed receptors and inducing leukocyte integrin activation and subsequent leukocyte adhesion.

Both bacterial strains were cultured under anaerobic conditions before gavage. Post-treatment, intestinal tissues were collected, and macrophages were isolated using collagenase digestion followed by ...