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Granulocytes

White blood cells.
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granulocytes (granˑ·y·lō·sāts),

n.pl white blood cells with granules of cytoplasm.
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Mechanisms of mobilization of hematopoietic progenitors with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor.
Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor potential use in the treatment of children with cerebral palsy
Wright staining results showed that granulocytes (R3) with the small nucleus and plenty of cytoplasm were the most complex and usually oval or spherical in shape and larger than hyalinocytes.
Endoenzymes and mitochondrial membrane potential associated with hemocyte types in Macrobrachium rosenbergii
Granulocytes were isolated from whole blood using a commercial kit for positive selection (StemCell Technologies Inc.
Diagnosis and monitoring of cystinosis using immunomagnetically purified granulocytes
We found that oral administration of BRO in a model of moderate-to-severe bronchoalveolar inflammation in rats attenuated the inflammatory response by reducing both systemic leukocytosis as well as local infiltration of granulocytes into lung tissue and alveolar space.
Bronchipret[R] syrup containing thyme and ivy extracts suppresses bronchoalveolar inflammation and goblet cell hyperplasia in experimental bronchoalveolitis
Data collected from the study found that granulocytes increased by 0.
Young Filipinos are eating less fruit-and it's making them more sickly
Adjuvant granulocyte colony-stimulating factor therapy results in improved spatial learning and stimulates hippocampal neurogenesis in a mouse model of pneumococcal meningitis.
Effect of filgrastim (recombinant human granulocyte colony stimulating factor) on spatial memory in aged rats
At this, on the surface of granulocytes rhizopodia were distributed homogeneously and their length didn't exceed 1.
Motion activity and energetic of hemocytes of representatives of Dictyoptera order
The granulocytes reacted immediately to the physical stress of sleep loss and directly mirrored the body's stress response," said Katrin Ackermann, postdoctoral researcher at the Eramus MC University Medical Centre Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Sleep loss jolts immune system into hyperactivity: Study
The granulocytes reacted immediately to the physical stress of sleep loss and directly mirrored the body's stress response," said Ackermann, a postdoctoral researcher at the Eramus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
Sleep Loss Has a Major Effect on Our Immune System
Further research led him to discover that the mouse that appeared to be immune from cancer had an extra amount of potent granulocytes for specifically killing cancer cells without harming normal cells.
So many needless cancer deaths
Granulocytes are WBC that contain granules in their cytoplasm and consist of neutrophils, eosinophils and basophils in the peripheral blood.
Validation of the efficacy of a practical method for neutrophils isolation from peripheral blood
Fales (National Institutes of Health, Maryland), contributing to an article on the phosphorylation site analysis of MRP14 purified from granulocytes, commenting on proteome analysis, and discussing the analysis of single cells and molecules.
Biomacromolecular mass spectrometry research

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