There are a group of cells dedicated to defending our bodies from all comers, these are the immune cells. Like an army, there are members that perform different tasks and that specialize in different ...

Basophils are white blood cells that the bone marrow makes. They play a role in a healthy immune system. Levels that are higher or lower than usual may be a sign of inflammation, hyperthyroidism, or ...

Inflammation is a crucial part of the body's defense mechanism, playing a key role in fighting infections and repairing tissue damage. Basophils, a type of immune cell that makes up less than 1% of ...

In a paper published in Nature Immunology, scientists from Seattle Children's Research Institute reveal how a rare group of white blood cells called basophils play an important role in the immune ...

The BAT provides the physician with an additional instrument to diagnose drug allergy and to tailor possible safe alternatives. However, additional studies are needed before the BAT can enter ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 96, No. 24 (Nov. 23, 1999), pp. 13962-13966 (5 pages) IL-18 is a proinflammatory cytokine that plays an important ...

Children with peanut allergy who achieved remission with sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) had lower basophil activation before treatment and greater suppression of basophils at 1 year than those who ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Eosinophilic patients with chronic rhinosinusitis had significantly increased basophil counts in their nasal ...

Shown are the results of a hypersensitivity reaction in a volunteer who received an intradermal skin-test injection of 20 μg of keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH) protein 1 week after priming with an ...