Our understanding of the immune system is continually evolving; what we previously understood develops on a regular basis as more experiments are performed and the complexity inherent within it grows ...

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 ...

Neutrophils are the most abundant type of white blood cell that circulates in the blood, defending against pathogenic invaders; they can engulf and destroy foreign microbes. They can also help repair ...

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 ...

Hospitalized older adults with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and sepsis exhibit impaired neutrophil function; however, glycolytic metabolism is not the driver of neutrophil dysfunction. This ...

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 ...