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Control of granule exocytosis in neutrophils.
Frontiers in bioscience : a journal and virtual library - 1 May 2008
Lacy Paige, Eitzen Gary
Abstract excerpt
Neutrophils are granulocytes derived from bone marrow that circulate through the blood and become recruited to tissues during infection or inflammation. They are the most abundant white blood cell and comprise the first line of defence in the innate immune system. However, they are also capable of causing tissue damage in a wide range of diseases. Release of chemotactic signals from inflamed or infected tissues...
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