CD11b
ITGAMproteinCD11b-mediated leukocyte activation and recruitment promote atherothrombotic plaque inflammation.
Pathway placement
Cascade stepPlatelet adhesion & activation
Confidencehigh
RationaleLeukocyte–platelet integrin; marks monocyte/neutrophil activation and adhesion.
Also acts inVascular inflammation
Druggability
DruggableYes
Known drugs / candidates1
Small-molecule tractableYes
Antibody tractableYes
EnsemblENSG00000169896
Type I vs Type II discrimination
ScoresType-II-associated
R — rupture / Type-I—
C — confounder / Type-II67
A — assay feasibility72
E — evidence strength46
T1DI (composite)8
Specificity differential (R−C)-51.7
Confounder panel (Type-II drivers)
1sepsis / systemic inflammationn/a
2anemia / acute blood lossn/a
3hypovolemia / dehydrationn/a
4tachyarrhythmian/a
5hypoxemia / respiratory failuremag 2
6hypertensive emergencymag 2
7high-demand / peri-operative stressmag 2
Coverage: 3/7 confounders with evidence
Tier: deep-scored (abstract-extracted) · 3 supporting references. See the discrimination table for all markers.
Assay & specimen
Class-level default (no specific cleared assay)— generic method inferred from analyte class; confirm against a specific product insert before use.
Specimen
Serum or plasma
Collection tube
Serum separator (gold/red-top, SST) · K2/K3-EDTA (lavender-top)
Method / principle
Sandwich immunoassay (ELISA) — research-grade unless a cleared assay exists
Reagent / substrate
Matched anti-target antibody pair (capture + labeled detection)
Platform
ELISA microplate or multiplex (Luminex/MSD)
Turnaround · availability
Send-out / research · Research-grade (no universal clinical assay)
Literature evidence(8)
- Persistent transcriptional changes in cardiac adaptive immune cells following myocardial infarction: New evidence from the re-analysis of publicly available single cell and nuclei RNA-sequencing data sets.Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology · 2024 · PMID 38734060 · doi
- Monocyte-platelet aggregates and CD11b expression as markers for thrombogenicity in atrial fibrillation.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2015 · PMID 26411420 · doi
- Bivalirudin reduces platelet and monocyte activation after elective percutaneous coronary intervention.Thrombosis and haemostasis · 2009 · PMID 19190819
- The attenuation of platelet and monocyte activation in a rabbit model of extracorporeal circulation by a nitric oxide releasing polymer.Biomaterials · 2009 · PMID 20042236 · doi
- Increases in circulating levels of monocyte-platelet and neutrophil-platelet complexes following hip arthroplasty.Clinical science (London, England : 1979) · 2002 · PMID 11869168
- Urokinase receptor surface expression regulates monocyte adhesion in acute myocardial infarction.Blood · 2002 · PMID 12393744 · doi
- Treatment of acute myocardial infarction with streptokinase does not appear to modulate circulating neutrophil function.Clinical cardiology · 1995 · PMID 7586764 · doi
- Canine neutrophil activation by cardiac lymph obtained during reperfusion of ischemic myocardium.Circulation research · 1989 · PMID 2573438 · doi