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Neutrophils are a type of
phagocytic white blood cell and part of
innate immunity. More specifically, they form the most
abundant type of granulocytes...
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Neutrophil elastase (EC 3.4.21.37,
leukocyte elastase, ELANE, ELA2,
elastase 2,
neutrophil, elaszym,
serine elastase,
subtype human leukocyte elastase...
- (also
called neutrophil leukocytosis or
occasionally neutrocytosis) is
leukocytosis of
neutrophils, that is, a high
number of
neutrophils in the blood...
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Neutropenia is an
abnormally low
concentration of
neutrophils (a type of
white blood cell) in the blood.
Neutrophils make up the
majority of
circulating white...
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Neutrophil hy****gmentation can be
defined as the
presence of
neutrophils whose nuclei have six or more
lobes or the
presence of more than 3% of neutrophils...
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Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) is a
measure of the
number of
neutrophil granulocytes (also
known as
polymorphonuclear cells, PMN's, polys, granulocytes...
- two subpo****tions:
neutrophil-killers and
neutrophil-cagers. One
litre of
human blood contains about five
billion (5x109)
neutrophils,
which are
about 12–15...
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Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) are
networks of
extracellular fibers,
primarily composed of DNA from
neutrophils,
which bind pathogens. Neutrophils...
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infection and
other diseases.
Types of
white blood cells are
granulocytes (
neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils), and
agranulocytes (monocytes, and lymphocytes...
- Anti-
neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCAs) are a
group of autoantibodies,
mainly of the IgG type,
against antigens in the
cytoplasm of
neutrophils (the...
