Neutrophils are critical immune cells for antimicrobial defense, but they can exacerbate a number of diseases, perhaps including COVID-19. The traditional approaches to study neutrophils in animal ...

Researchers have developed a new, optimized model for studying the role of neutrophils in the context of disease.

In a nutshell High-fat diets significantly impair neutrophils—your immune system’s first responders—making them less ...

By attempting to deplete neutrophils in mice, the animals' bone marrow produces new neutrophils - which defeats the model's entire purpose. The researchers have now identified these neutrophils ...

Neutrophil migration and its role during inflammation has been the focus of increased interest in the past decade. Advances in live imaging and the use of new model systems have helped to uncover ...

Neutrophils, one of the immune system warriors that were thought to be all the same, turn out to be diverse. Unfortunately, these cells are also active in autoimmune diseases.

But neutrophils don’t respond only to infections. They also swarm to damaged tissue that’s unrelated to an infection, such as during a heart attack or stroke. Rather than help in these situations of ...

Scientists exploring the nature of immunity after vaccination against Streptococcus pneumoniae have discovered that a type of white blood cell called neutrophils plays a more critical role than was ...

Neutrophils release many toxic substances, such as reactive oxygen species, cytokines, and neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs), proteins that cage bacteria and damage tissue. The authors detected ...

Neutrophils are critical immune cells for antimicrobial defense, but they can exacerbate a number of diseases, perhaps including COVID-19. The traditional approaches to study neutrophils in animal ...