Small-molecule A485 mobilizes white blood cells on demand
White blood cells, or leukocytes, are the body's first and second lines of defense against foreign organisms and particles. However, ...
Tag: Neutrophils
University of Louisville scientists aim to disarm Yersinia pestis, the bubonic plague bacteria
When the body encounters bacteria, viruses or harmful substances, its innate immune cells, neutrophils, assemble at the site to combat ...
How antiviral host responses create a lung environment susceptible to bacterial and fungal infections
A recent study published in PLOS Pathogens discussed coinfections in the lungs and how viral infections create a favorable environment ...
Breast cancer tumors disrupt the development of an immune response to favor their own growth
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions have identified a strategy cancerous tumors use to remotely disrupt the ...
Self-directed autoantibodies against certain chemokines may protect against long-COVID
A recent study published in the journal Nature Immunology discovered autoantibodies against chemokines following severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ...
The impact of early life microbial colonization and respiratory diseases on the respiratory microbiome
In a recent study published in Science Translational Medicine, researchers reviewed the impact of the interactions between the respiratory microbiota ...
Delaying antibiotic treatment does not reduce survival chances in cancer patients with neutropenic fever
In cancer patients with neutropenic fever, delaying antibiotic treatment past 60 minutes from the time of fever detection does not ...
Study provides understanding of SARS-CoV-2 pulmonary infection long-term effects at the microanatomical, cellular, and molecular level
In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers evaluated compositional and structural pulmonary alterations in PASC tissues. ...
The impact of sleep fragmentation on the clonal diversity of immune cells and the genetic aging of the hematopoietic system
Sleep has been long celebrated as the ultimate pick-me-up after a period of excessive labor, stress, illness, or other cause ...
Novel PTP1B inhibitor drug candidate can prevent lethal lung inflammation in mice
Neutrophils, the most abundant type of white blood cell, are the body's first line of defense against infection. Foreign pathogens ...
