Neutrophils are the most abundant immune cells in the body and the first to respond to infection or tissue damage. Yet despite their importance, until now very little was known about how they truly ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Synovial fluid absolute neutrophil count had a sensitivity of 88.4% for detecting periprosthetic joint infection ...

UB scientists exploring the nature of immunity after vaccination against Streptococcus pneumoniae, which causes pneumonia in people, have discovered that a specific type of white blood cell called ...

In a recent review published in the journal Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology, researchers examine the multifaceted roles of neutrophils in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and highlight ...

Neutrophils are a type of white blood cell that help heal damaged tissues and resolve infections. Neutrophil levels can rise or fall in response to infections, injuries, drug treatments, certain ...

Neutrophils produce “spider webs” that trap invading bacteria and improve macrophages’ ability to phagocytose and kill harmful pathogens. A research team at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center ...

Neutrophils are the most abundant type of white blood cells, critical for immune defense and inflammation control. Traditionally, their role in cancer was seen as minor, but emerging evidence reveals ...

Although the cloak of invisibility only exists in fictional stories, solid tumors have generated a tumor microenvironment (TME) that simulates a biological cloak of invisibility in which tumor cells ...

Neutrophil elastase (green) and DNA (red) co-localize on the surfaces of human gallstones (yellow). Scale bar 4mm. [Munoz et al./Immunity] Sticky meshworks of DNA and proteins extruded by neutrophils ...