0 9 Induction Induction NNP 10 12 of of IN 13 21 cytokine cytokine NN 22 32 expression expression NN 33 35 in in IN 36 46 leukocytes leukocyte NNS 47 49 by by IN 50 57 binding binding NN 58 60 of of IN 61 80 thrombin-stimulated thrombin-stimulated JJ 81 90 platelets platelet NNS 90 91 . . . 93 103 BACKGROUND background NN 103 104 : : : 105 114 Activated activate VBN 115 124 platelets platelet NNS 125 131 tether tether VBP 132 135 and and CC 136 144 activate activate VBP 145 152 myeloid myeloid JJ 153 163 leukocytes leukocyte NNS 163 164 . . . 165 167 To to TO 168 179 investigate investigate VB 180 183 the the DT 184 193 potential potential JJ 194 203 relevance relevance NN 204 206 of of IN 207 211 this this DT 212 221 mechanism mechanism NN 222 224 in in IN 225 230 acute acute JJ 231 241 myocardial myocardial JJ 242 252 infarction infarction NN 253 254 ( ( ( 254 257 AMI AMI NNP 257 258 ) ) ) 258 259 , , , 260 262 we we PRP 263 271 examined examine VBD 272 280 cytokine cytokine NN 281 290 induction induction NN 291 293 by by IN 294 312 leukocyte-platelet leukocyte-platelet JJ 313 321 adhesion adhesion NN 322 325 and and CC 326 329 the the DT 330 340 occurrence occurrence NN 341 343 of of IN 344 362 leukocyte-platelet leukocyte-platelet JJ 363 373 conjugates conjugate NNS 374 376 in in IN 377 385 patients patient NNS 386 390 with with IN 391 394 AMI AMI NNP 394 395 . . . 396 403 METHODS methods NNS 404 407 AND and CC 408 415 RESULTS results NNS 415 416 : : : 417 419 We we PRP 420 428 obtained obtain VBD 429 439 peripheral peripheral JJ 440 446 venous venous JJ 447 452 blood blood NN 453 460 samples sample NNS 461 463 in in IN 464 466 20 20 CD 467 475 patients patient NNS 476 480 with with IN 481 484 AMI AMI NNP 485 491 before before IN 492 495 and and CC 496 501 daily daily RB 502 505 for for IN 506 507 5 5 CD 508 512 days day NNS 513 518 after after IN 519 525 direct direct JJ 526 538 percutaneous percutaneous JJ 539 551 transluminal transluminal JJ 552 560 coronary coronary JJ 561 572 angioplasty angioplasty NN 573 574 ( ( ( 574 578 PTCA PTCA NNP 578 579 ) ) ) 580 583 and and CC 584 586 in in IN 587 589 20 20 CD 590 598 patients patient NNS 599 609 undergoing undergo VBG 610 618 elective elective JJ 619 623 PTCA PTCA NNP 623 624 . . . 625 635 Throughout throughout IN 636 639 the the DT 640 645 study study NN 646 652 period period NN 652 653 , , , 654 658 CD41 cd41 NN 659 677 immunofluorescence immunofluorescence NN 678 680 of of IN 681 691 leukocytes leukocyte NNS 692 693 ( ( ( 693 697 flow flow NN 698 707 cytometry cytometry NN 707 708 ) ) ) 709 717 revealed reveal VBD 718 727 increased increase VBN 728 746 leukocyte-platelet leukocyte-platelet JJ 747 755 adhesion adhesion NN 756 758 in in IN 759 767 patients patient NNS 768 772 with with IN 773 776 AMI AMI NNP 777 785 compared compare VBN 786 790 with with IN 791 798 control control NN 799 807 patients patient NNS 808 809 ( ( ( 809 813 mean mean NN 814 817 +/- +/- CC 818 820 SE SE NNP 821 823 of of IN 824 836 fluorescence fluorescence NN 837 838 [ [ ( 838 846 channels channel NNS 846 847 ] ] ) 848 854 before before IN 855 859 PTCA PTCA NNP 859 860 : : : 861 863 77 77 CD 864 867 +/- +/- CC 868 870 16 16 CD 871 877 versus versus CC 878 880 35 35 CD 881 884 +/- +/- CC 885 886 9 9 CD 886 887 ; ; : 888 889 P p NN 890 891 = = SYM 892 896 .003 .003 CD 896 897 ) ) ) 897 898 . . . 899 901 In in FW 902 907 vitro vitro FW 907 908 , , , 909 928 thrombin-stimulated thrombin-stimulated JJ 929 934 fixed fixed JJ 935 944 platelets platelet NNS 945 950 bound bind VBD 951 953 to to TO 954 965 neutrophils neutrophil NNS 966 969 and and CC 970 979 monocytes monocyte NNS 979 980 . . . 981 987 Within within IN 988 989 2 2 CD 990 995 hours hour NNS 995 996 , , , 997 1001 this this DT 1002 1010 resulted result VBD 1011 1013 in in IN 1014 1023 increased increase VBN 1024 1028 mRNA mrna NN 1029 1032 for for IN 1033 1044 interleukin interleukin NN 1045 1046 ( ( ( 1046 1051 IL),1 il),1 NN 1052 1056 beta beta NN 1056 1057 , , , 1058 1062 IL-8 il-8 NN 1062 1063 , , , 1064 1067 and and CC 1068 1076 monocyte monocyte NN 1077 1092 chemoattractant chemoattractant NN 1093 1100 protein protein NN 1101 1102 ( ( ( 1102 1108 MCP)-1 mcp)-1 NN 1109 1111 in in IN 1112 1126 unfractionated unfractionated JJ 1127 1137 leukocytes leukocyte NNS 1137 1138 . . . 1139 1144 After after IN 1145 1146 4 4 CD 1147 1152 hours hour NNS 1152 1153 , , , 1154 1158 IL-1 il-1 NN 1159 1163 beta beta NN 1164 1167 and and CC 1168 1172 IL-8 il-8 NN 1173 1186 concentration concentration NN 1187 1189 of of IN 1190 1193 the the DT 1194 1203 cell-free cell-free JJ 1204 1215 supernatant supernatant NN 1216 1219 had have VBD 1220 1229 increased increase VBN 1230 1232 by by IN 1233 1236 268 268 CD 1237 1240 +/- +/- CC 1241 1243 36 36 CD 1243 1244 % % NN 1245 1248 and and CC 1249 1252 210 210 CD 1253 1256 +/- +/- SYM 1257 1258 7 7 CD 1258 1259 % % NN 1259 1260 , , , 1261 1273 respectively respectively RB 1273 1274 , , , 1275 1278 and and CC 1279 1287 cellular cellular JJ 1288 1293 MCP-1 mcp-1 NN 1294 1301 content content NN 1302 1305 had have VBD 1306 1315 increased increase VBN 1316 1318 by by IN 1319 1322 170 170 CD 1323 1326 +/- +/- SYM 1327 1328 8 8 CD 1328 1329 % % NN 1329 1330 . . . 1331 1339 Addition addition NN 1340 1342 of of IN 1343 1352 activated activate VBN 1353 1362 platelets platelet NNS 1363 1365 to to TO 1366 1374 adherent adherent JJ 1375 1384 monocytes monocyte NNS 1385 1388 had have VBD 1389 1390 a a DT 1391 1398 similar similar JJ 1399 1405 effect effect NN 1406 1409 and and CC 1410 1413 was be VBD 1414 1424 associated associate VBN 1425 1429 with with IN 1430 1437 nuclear nuclear JJ 1438 1450 factor-kappa factor-kappa NN 1451 1452 B B NNP 1453 1463 activation activation NN 1463 1464 . . . 1465 1475 Inhibition Inhibition NNP 1476 1478 of of IN 1479 1486 binding binding NN 1487 1489 by by IN 1490 1496 anti-P anti-p JJ 1497 1505 selectin selectin NN 1506 1516 antibodies antibody NNS 1517 1524 reduced reduce VBD 1525 1528 the the DT 1529 1535 effect effect NN 1536 1538 of of IN 1539 1548 activated activate VBN 1549 1558 platelets platelet NNS 1559 1561 on on IN 1562 1570 cytokine cytokine NN 1571 1581 production production NN 1581 1582 . . . 1583 1594 CONCLUSIONS conclusions NNS 1594 1595 : : : 1596 1598 In in IN 1599 1607 patients patient NNS 1608 1612 with with IN 1613 1616 AMI AMI NNP 1616 1617 , , , 1618 1636 leukocyte-platelet leukocyte-platelet JJ 1637 1645 adhesion adhesion NN 1646 1648 is be VBZ 1649 1658 increased increase VBN 1658 1659 . . . 1660 1667 Binding binding NN 1668 1670 of of IN 1671 1680 activated activate VBN 1681 1690 platelets platelet NNS 1691 1698 induces induce VBZ 1699 1703 IL-1 il-1 NN 1704 1708 beta beta NN 1708 1709 , , , 1710 1714 IL-8 il-8 NN 1714 1715 , , , 1716 1719 and and CC 1720 1725 MCP-1 mcp-1 NN 1726 1728 in in IN 1729 1739 leukocytes leukocyte NNS 1739 1740 . . . 1741 1744 Our our PRP$ 1745 1753 findings finding NNS 1754 1761 suggest suggest VBP 1762 1766 that that IN 1767 1785 leukocyte-platelet leukocyte-platelet JJ 1786 1794 adhesion adhesion NN 1795 1806 contributes contribute VBZ 1807 1809 to to TO 1810 1813 the the DT 1814 1824 regulation regulation NN 1825 1827 of of IN 1828 1840 inflammatory inflammatory JJ 1841 1850 responses response NNS 1851 1853 in in IN 1854 1857 AMI AMI NNP 1857 1858 . . .