neutrophil Definition
neu·tro·phil (no̵̅o̅′trō fil, nyo̵̅o̅′-; --trə-)
noun
a granular type of phagocytic white blood cell in vertebrate blood, stainable by neutral dyes
adjective
easily stained by neutral dyes
neutrophil Usage Examples
Converse of object
- activate: FasL can recruit and activate neutrophils and macrophages in some experimental situations.
- call: They will look in particular at the role of a certain type of white blood cell, called a neutrophil.
- include: Other methods occasionally used include whole neutrophil ELISA, flow cytometry and various immunoblotting methods.
- have: Cytology TW generally has more neutrophils and less lymphocytes than BAL.
- stimulate: This hypothesis is supported by the fact that only organisms that are able to stimulate neutrophils are associated with renal scarring.
- prime: Bcc LPS acts as a potent cytokine stimulator but also primes human neutrophils to over respond to other inflammatory stimulants.
Adjective modifier
- human: Bcc LPS acts as a potent cytokine stimulator but also primes human neutrophils to over respond to other inflammatory stimulants.
- normal: They did not however see any differences in the intracellular ionic calcium levels with normal neutrophils.
Modifies a noun
- count: The patient with AA or MDS has a very low immune system due to the low neutrophil count.
- activation: Conclusions Patients with severe lower limb ischaemia had high levels of platelet and neutrophil activation.
- migration: Go with the flow - neutrophil migration on immune complexes.
- recruitment: However, the nature and regulation of the chemokines that essential in neutrophil recruitment to tumors have yet to be identified.
- function: From 1999 to 2002, scientists from NASA, compared neutrophil functions in 25 astronauts.
- apoptosis: The role of ceramide in the initiation of neutrophil apoptosis.
Noun used with modifier
- blood: Blood neutrophil count, a measure of inflammation, was assessed at 6 and 24 hours.
- polymorph: The slide shows a large number of Gram-negative diplococci present in a few of the pus cells ( polymorph neutrophil leukocytes ).
- lung: In the present study, we describe in vivo models of lung neutrophil infiltration and activation in mice and hamsters.
- eosinophil: Images include basophils, monocytes, eosinophils neutrophils, lymphocytes, and platelets.
Preposition: in
blood: Neutropenia means low numbers of neutrophils in the blood and agranulocytosis means an absence of neutrophils.
Preposition: from
marrow: G-CSF is a natural substance which regulates the production and release of neutrophils from the bone marrow.
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