Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Synovial fluid absolute neutrophil count had a sensitivity of 88.4% for detecting periprosthetic joint infection ...

Neutrophils are the most abundant immune cells in the body and the first to respond to infection or tissue damage. Yet despite their importance, until now very little was known about how they truly ...

Neutrophils are the most abundant type of white blood cells, critical for immune defense and inflammation control. Traditionally, their role in cancer was seen as minor, but emerging evidence reveals ...

In a study published in Cell on March 5, Prof. ZHANG Xiaoming at the Shanghai Institute of Immunity and Infection (SIII) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Profs. GAO Qiang, FAN Jia and YANG Li at ...

Although the cloak of invisibility only exists in fictional stories, solid tumors have generated a tumor microenvironment (TME) that simulates a biological cloak of invisibility in which tumor cells ...

Following injury from a heart attack, immune cells called neutrophils release a peptide that punctures stressed heart cells and destabilizes their electrical activity. This triggers life-threatening ...

Neutropenia, a condition characterized by low neutrophil levels, is common in individuals with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and can lead to severe infections. A new study investigates the role ...

Heart attacks that occur at night are less severe than those that strike during the day. A new study headed by researchers at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) and at Yale ...

A newly identified circadian checkpoint shifts neutrophils into a protective night-like state, reducing inflammatory heart injury while preserving the body’s ability to fight infection. Study: A ...

Brensocatib, the first FDA-approved dipeptidyl peptidase 1 (DPP1) inhibitor for non–cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis, may have broader potential for other neutrophil-driven conditions, according to ...