DCs interact with different immune cells to dictate the immune response. This interaction may be direct (T-cells), or indirect (with B-cells, eosinophils, neutrophils, mast cells and basophils). The ...

Researchers in Sweden have provided a comprehensive characterization of circulating granulocytes in people infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) – the agent that ...

Two concepts are important to understanding how leukocytes become immunocompetent cells: proliferation and differentiation (Figure 6). Proliferation is the production of many cells from a single cell ...

White cells are the immune cells of the body. Also called leukocytes, they are useful in fighting infections and belong to five types. About 100 million white cells are produced by the body each day.

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 ...

Differential blood counts were made from heart or artery blood smears of 601 marine fishes from Puerto Rico, belonging to 121 species of 45 families and 12 orders. The first 100 red corpuscles seen of ...