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neutrophil - A type of leukocyte involved in the early inflammatory response. [FAO]

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Urinary Protein May Offer Early Marker of Pediatric Acute Kidney ...  -  Aug 2, 2007
MedPage Today,In those with worsening kidney status, levels of urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin rose by six-fold or more compared with a control group,

Behind enemy lines  -  Jul 30, 2007
EducationGuardian.co.uk,My work is now exploring how the meningococcus is able to survive in the hostile environment within the neutrophil. I have found that the bacterium

Medicine's Next Big Thing: Lifesaving Raspberries?  -  Jul 24, 2007
WFtv.com,They measured the amount of swelling, neutrophil infiltration (cells that move in quickly when there is sunburn) and levels of an enzyme called

Marker predicts acute kidney injury before overt impairment  -  Aug 20, 2007
Medicexchange (press release),An increasing level of urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (uNGAL) predicts acute kidney injury before serum creatinine levels begin to rise,

Eureka! Daily discoveries for the scientifically bent  -  Aug 17, 2007
Bend Weekly,...of cells: red blood cells (dimpled), several kinds of white blood cells (lymphocytes, a monocyte and a neutrophil) and many small disc-shaped platelets.

A seamless trespass: germ cell migration across the seminiferous ...  -  Aug 13, 2007
Journal of Cell Biology (subscription)In knockout studies, ESAM was shown to support neutrophil extravasation by destabilizing tight junctions via Rho GTPase (Wegmann et al., 2006).

Early Warning For Acute Kidney Injury  -  Aug 3, 2007
Science Daily (press release)Hospital in Houston studied urinary neutrophil gelatinase associated lipocalin (uNGAL) levels in a prospective cohort of 140 critically ill children.

Beneficial suicide: why neutrophils die to make NETs  -  Aug 2, 2007
Nature.com (subscription),Recently, however, it has been found that stimulated neutrophils can also produce extracellular structures called neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) that

Compass Healthcare Communications Announces Relaunch of Infergen ...  -  Aug 10, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),Alpha interferon therapy should be discontinued in patients who develop severe decreases in neutrophil (<0.5 x 109/L) or platelet counts (<50 x 109/L).

Early acute kidney injury warning studied  -  Aug 6, 2007
ImediNews,Kimberly Washburn and Stuart Goldstein from the Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Childrenâ€™s Hospital studied urinary neutrophil gelatinase associated

Does This Child Have Appendicitis?  -  Jul 24, 2007
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),0.17-0.30), as does an absolute neutrophil count of 6750/µL or lower (LR, 0.06; 95% CI, 0.03-0.16). Symptoms and signs are most useful in combination,

Prognostic impact of previous percutaneous coronary intervention ...  -  Jul 30, 2007
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery...coronary endothelium with chronic inflammatory response and platelet and neutrophil adhesion, which in turn are causing adverse cardiovascular events.

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