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eosinophil

Known as: Blood Eosinophil, Eosinophil leukocyte, Eosinocyte 
A type of immune cell that has granules (small particles) with enzymes that are released during infections, allergic reactions, and asthma. An… Expand
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Review
2018
Review
2018
Eosinophils from Physiology to Disease: A Comprehensive Review
Despite being the second least represented granulocyte subpopulation in the circulating blood, eosinophils are receiving a… Expand
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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Eosinophils Sustain Adipose Alternatively Activated Macrophages Associated with Glucose Homeostasis
Regulation of adipose tissue macrophages by eosinophils reveals an unexpected role for eosinophils in metabolic homeostasis… Expand
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Sequence variants affecting eosinophil numbers associate with asthma and myocardial infarction
Eosinophils are pleiotropic multifunctional leukocytes involved in initiation and propagation of inflammatory responses and thus… Expand
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Prostaglandin D2 Selectively Induces Chemotaxis in T Helper Type 2 Cells, Eosinophils, and Basophils via Seven-Transmembrane Receptor Crth2
Prostaglandin (PG)D2, which has long been implicated in allergic diseases, is currently considered to elicit its biological… Expand
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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Human eotaxin is a specific chemoattractant for eosinophil cells and provides a new mechanism to explain tissue eosinophilia
Eotaxin is an eosinophil–specific chemoattractant that has been recently identified in rodent models of asthma and host response… Expand
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Cooperation between interleukin-5 and the chemokine eotaxin to induce eosinophil accumulation in vivo
Experiments were designed to study the effect of systemically administered IL-5 on local eosinophil accumulation induced by the… Expand
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Eotaxin: a potent eosinophil chemoattractant cytokine detected in a guinea pig model of allergic airways inflammation
Eosinophil accumulation is a prominent feature of allergic inflammatory reactions, such as those occurring in the lung of the… Expand
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Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
An eosinophil-dependent mechanism for the antitumor effect of interleukin-4.
Murine interleukin-4 (IL-4) exhibits potent antitumor activity when present at the site of tumor cell challenge. Associated with… Expand
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Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Recombinant human interleukin 5 is a selective activator of human eosinophil function
Human rIL-5 was found to selectively stimulate morphological changes and the function of human eosinophils. This molecule is thus… Expand
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Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Eosinophils and mast cells in bronchoalveolar lavage in subjects with mild asthma. Relationship to bronchial hyperreactivity.
We have performed bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) on 17 subjects with mild atopic asthma (9 symptomatic, 8 asymptomatic) and 14… Expand
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