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Journal of Hepatology, 1992; 16:98-101 01992 Elsevier ScientificPublishers Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. 0168-8278/92/$05.00
HEPAT 01148
Impaired functions of normal peripheral polymorphonuclear leukocytes in cirrhotic ascitic fluid L6a Lebrun", Gilles Pelletier b, Marie-Jos6 Briantais a'b, Pierre G a l a n a u d a a n d Jean-Pierre Etienne b ~IN SERM U-131, Clamart and bDepartment of Gastroenterology, H6pital de BicEtre, Le Kremlin BieEtre, France
(Received24 April 1991)
The function of normal polymorphonuclear cells in the ascitic fluid of 32 patients with cirrhotic ascites and 17 patients with malignant ascites was studied independently of ascitic fluid heat-labile factors. Polymorphonuclear (PMN) function was assessed by a chemiluminescence method using preopsonized zymosan as stimuli. The chemiluminescence response was higher in malignant ascitic fluid than in cirrhotic ascitic fluid (0.84 and 0.15, respectively, p
Journal of Hepatology, 1992; 16:98-101 01992 Elsevier ScientificPublishers Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. 0168-8278/92/$05.00
HEPAT 01148
Impaired functions of normal peripheral polymorphonuclear leukocytes in cirrhotic ascitic fluid L6a Lebrun", Gilles Pelletier b, Marie-Jos6 Briantais a'b, Pierre G a l a n a u d a a n d Jean-Pierre Etienne b ~IN SERM U-131, Clamart and bDepartment of Gastroenterology, H6pital de BicEtre, Le Kremlin BieEtre, France
(Received24 April 1991)
The function of normal polymorphonuclear cells in the ascitic fluid of 32 patients with cirrhotic ascites and 17 patients with malignant ascites was studied independently of ascitic fluid heat-labile factors. Polymorphonuclear (PMN) function was assessed by a chemiluminescence method using preopsonized zymosan as stimuli. The chemiluminescence response was higher in malignant ascitic fluid than in cirrhotic ascitic fluid (0.84 and 0.15, respectively, p
