Neutrophils are the most abundant immune cells in the body and the first to respond to infection or tissue damage. Yet ...

Scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) have discovered that neutrophils, the most abundant cells of the innate immune system, have many more functions in the body ...

A new study in The Journal of Immunology reveals how a high-fat diet may impair the immune system's ability to respond to infection by impacting the function of neutrophils, one of the first immune ...

Figure 1: Mechanisms involved in regulation of tumor progression by neutrophil PAD4. “Using several transplantable and genetically engineered mouse models, we demonstrated that tumor growth was ...

Once the neutrophils have accumulated, they secrete many factors that are harmful to the lungs. Perhaps the best-studied component of COPD is an imbalance of the protease–antiprotease ratio. An ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio may be a clinically relevant biomarker associated with increased risk for COPD ...

Reviews of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 5, Supplement 5. Symposium on Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections (Nov. - Dec., 1983), pp. S898-S907 (10 pages) The high incidence of serious opportunistic infection ...

Interleukin (IL)-8 production by human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNL) to Cryptococcus neoformans is related to complement activation. Generation of the bioactive fragments C3a and C5a is ...

Chronic neutrophilic leukemia is a rare blood cancer characterized by the overproduction of mature neutrophils, a type of white blood cell. Currently, no standard treatment exists, but emerging ...