Download or read book Neutrophils in Infectious Diseases: Title.pdf; 02 Cover page; 03 eBooks End User License Agreement-Website; 04 Content; 05 Foreword; 06 Preface; 07 Contributors; 09 Part; 10 Chapter 01; 11 Chapter 02; 12 Part A; 13 Chapter 03; 14 Chapter 04; 15 Chapter 05; 16 Part B; 17 Chapter 06; 18 Chapter 07; 19 Chapter 08; 20 Index written by Fabienne Tacchini-Cottier and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Host defense to intracellular pathogens depends upon both innate and adaptive cell-mediated immune responses. Polymorphonuclear neutrophil leukocytes which belong to the innate immune system are the first cells that are recruited massively within hours of microbial infection. The importance of neutrophils in the development of an immune response is only emerging as they have long been considered by immunologists as short lived, non-dividing cells, of poor interest. Now, neutrophils are emerging as key components of the inflammatory response, and are shown to have immunoregulatory roles in micr.