Neutrophil Function: From Mechanisms to Disease

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Neutrophils are a type of short-lived, white cells that form an integral part of the innate immune system. There are several functions of neutrophils such as chemotaxis, anti-microbial function, degranulation, neutrophil extracellular traps, and phagocytosis. Chemotaxis is a process through which neutrophils migrate towards the sites of infection. Neutrophil disorders include autoimmune neutropenia of infancy, Chediak-Higashi syndrome, chronic granulomatous disease, cyclic neutropenia, drug-induced neutropenia, ethnic neutropenia, etc. The treatment for neutropenia can be done through granuloc...

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