Joint Measurements of Leukocyte Elastase and Myeloperoxidase Promote Identification of the State of Neutrophils in Diabetic Patients.

The clinic of diabetes mellitus (DM) offers a number of hypotheses about the leading role of polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs) in both oxidative stress and diabetic complications. However, the results of numerous studies are extremely controversial. Why is it so? We appreciated the clinical significance of simultaneous measurement data of several PMN parameters, which must complement each other.