PMNs polymorphonuclear

Key PMN, polymorphonuclear leukocytes EC, endothelial cell lymphs, lymphocytes CD, cluster of differentiation iCAM, intercellular adhesion molecule LFA-1, lymphocyte function-associated antigen-1 PECAM-1, platelet endothelial cell adhesion cell molecule-1. 

PLP Proteolipid protein PLT Primed lymphocyte typing PMA Phorbol myristate acetate PMC Peritoneal mast cell PMN Polymorphonuclear neutrophil... 

BUN, blood urea nitrogen IV, intravenous Na, sodium PMN polymorphonuclear leukocyte TIPS, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt. (From Chung RT, Podolsky DK. Cirrhosis and its complications. In Kasper DL, Braunwald E, Fauci AS, et a I, (eds.) Harrison s Principles of Internal Medicine. 16th ed. New York McGraw-Hill, 2005 1858-1869, with permission.)... 

DC, dendritic cell EC, endothelial cell EpC, epithelial cell FDC, follicular dendritic cell FDL, foot draining lymph FLS, fibroblast-like synoviocyte MC, mast cell MDDC, monocyte-derived dendritic cell MLS, macrophage-like synoviocyte MNC, mononuclear cell Mo, monocyte M0, macrophage OB, osteoblast pDC, plasmacytoid dendritic cell PMNs, polymorphonuclear neutrophils SC, stromal cell STC, synovium tissue cell TB, trabecular bone. 

ATP, adenosine 5 -triphosphate BH4, 5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobiopterin BMPO, 5- er -butoxycarbonyl-5-pyrroline A-oxide DBNBS, 3,5-dibromo-4-nitrosoben-zene sulfonate DEPMPO, 5-diethoxyphosphoryl-5-methyl-l-pyrroline A-ox-ide DMPO, 5,5-dimethyl- 1-pyrroline A-oxide EMPO, 5-ethoxycarbonyl-5-methyl-l-pyrroline A-oxide GSH, glutathione (y-L-glutamyl-L-cysteinyl-glycine) HRP, horseradish peroxidase MNP, 2-methyl-2-nitrosopropane MPO, myeloperoxidase NAD(P)H, fl-nicotinamine adenine dinucleotide (3 -phosphate), reduced from NMDA, A-methyl-D-aspartic acid PBN, N-tert-butyl-a-phenylnitrone PMN, polymorphonuclear lymphocyte POBN, a-(4-pyridyl-l-oxide)-A-fer -butylnitrone SOD, superoxide dismutase TEMP,... 

MRSE methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis PMN polymorphonuclear... 

Figure 13.1 Scheme of events leading to corneal ulceration. MMP, matrix metalloproteinase PMN, polymorphonuclear leukocyte. 

PMN polymorphonuclear granulocyte any of several types of leucocyte characterized as having granular cytoplasms and lobed nuclei, including eosinophils, basophils, mast cells and neutrophils. 

Note Studies marked PC (placebo control) included a control group, and others did not PMN, polymorphonuclear leukocytes NC, no change M, men W, women. 

PBP penicillin-binding protein PMN polymorphonuclear leukocytes WBC white blood cell... 

ACB antibody-coated bacteria EPS expressed prostatic secretions LE leukocyte esterase PAF prostatic antibacterial factor PMN polymorphonuclear leukocyte UTI urinary tract infection WBC white blood cell... 

PMN Polymorphonuclear leukocytes, neutrophils that clean up the cell debris from acute inflammation. 

Figure 5. Proposed model for fiinaion of the transcriptional NF-KB/p300/PARP-1 complex in inilanunatoiy disorders. Abbreviations NO, nitrite oxide iNOS, inducible nitrite oxide synthetase PMN, polymorphonuclear neutrophils LPS, lipopolysaccharlde.

Abbreviations used in this chapter AZT, 3 -azidothymidine CD, cluster of differentiation CHS, Chediak-Higashi syndrome Con A, concanavalin-A EAE, experimental allergic encephalomyelitis HIV, human immunodeficiency virus HTLV-1, human T-cell leukemia virus-1 IL, interleukin INF, interferon NAC, N-acetyl cysteine NF-kB, neurotrophic factor-k beta PBMC, peripheral blood mononuclear cells PM A, phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate PMN, polymorphonuclear neutrophil RT, reverse transcriptase TNF-2 tumor necrosis factor alpha. 

APC, antigen-presenting cell. PMN, polymorphonuclear cell. PPAR, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor. 

GOT, glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase GPT, glutamic-pyruvic transaminase WBCs, white blood cells PMNs, polymorphonuclear neutrophils BUN, blood urea nitrogen GRP, C-reactive protein... 

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