Elevated Levels of CD64 MFI on Monocyte Subsets Are Associated with a History of Stroke in Sickle Cell Disease
Curtis S, Balbuena-Merle R, Devine L, Zelterman D, Roberts J, Dearborn-Tomazos J, Sansing L, Hendrickson J. Elevated Levels of CD64 MFI on Monocyte Subsets Are Associated with a History of Stroke in Sickle Cell Disease. Blood 2018, 132: 1093. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2018-99-117504.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHistory of strokeSickle cell diseaseRole of monocytesIschemic strokeTotal neutrophil countComplete blood countMonocyte subsetsStroke historyNeutrophil countIntermediate monocytesMonocyte subtypesBlood countClassical monocytesCell diseaseFuture stroke riskIschemic stroke historyVaso-occlusive crisisPro-inflammatory monocytesPathophysiology of strokeCause of morbidityMultivariate logistic regressionNon-classical monocytesT-testHigh-affinity receptorStudent's t-test