Chemoattractant and opsonic activity in ascitic fluid

Chemotaxis Under Agarose: A New and Simple Method for Measuring Chemotaxis and Spontaneous Migration of Human Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes and Monocytes

Robert D. Nelson, Paul G. Quie, Richard L. Simmons · The Journal of Immunology · 1975 · 1.2K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Immunology +12

Low-protein-concentration ascitic fluid is predisposed to spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

Bruce A. Runyon · Gastroenterology · 1986 · 345 citations

Veterinary Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Pathology +11

Abnormalities of Neutrophil Phagocytosis, Intracellular Killing and Metabolic Activity in Alcoholic Cirrhosis and Hepatitis

I A Rajkovic, Roger Williams · Hepatology · 1986 · 269 citations

Medicine, Immunology, Pathobiology +17

Defective Chemotaxis Associated with a Serum Inhibitor in Cirrhotic Patients

Anthony N. DeMeo, Burton R. Andersen, Denis English et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1972 · 227 citations

Life Sciences, Immunology, Pathology +16

Patients with deficient ascitic fluid opsonic activity are predisposed to spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

Bruce A. Runyon · Hepatology · 1988 · 199 citations

Veterinary Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +8