Significance of Hageman Factor (Coagulation Factor XII) for Neutrophil Locomotion and Chemotaxis

Abstract
Neutrophils separated from Hageman factor-deficient blood exhibit normal random and directional locomotion. No defect in cytotaxin formation could be demonstrated in Hageman factor-deficient plasma, nor did kallikrein inhibitor interfere with the chemotactic activity of normal immune complex-activated human plasma. The results suggest that the chemotactic activity which is detectable in unfractionated human plasma is not derived from Hageman factor-dependent pathways.