Mutations that affect the adaptor molecule SLAM-associated protein (SAP) lead to the genetic disorder X-linked lymphoproliferative syndrome (XLP), which is characterized by severe, often fulminant ...

While red blood cells were first observed under a microscope in 1658, it was until the 1800s that white blood cells were discovered. Since then, both red and white blood cells have been of interest to ...

The three major types of blood cancer are leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma. All three types usually affect the growth and function of white blood cells. Leukemia affects immature white blood cells, ...

Blood cancers affect blood cells and bone marrow -- the spongy tissue inside your bones where blood cells are made. These cancers change the way blood cells behave and how well they work. You have ...

White blood cells are the cells that help the body fight infection There are a number of different types and sub-types of white blood cells which each have different roles to play. Granulocytes are ...

Radiation Research, Vol. 76, No. 1 (Oct., 1978), pp. 70-82 (13 pages) Suspensions of lymph node cells from dinitrophenylated bovine gamma globulin (DNP-BGG)-immune LBN F 1 hybrid rats (Lewis × Brown ...

Lymphoproliferative disorders are a group of diseases that cause an uncontrolled production of lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell. Examples include non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and certain leukemias.

We measured apoptosis of subsets of T lymphocytes by single-cell analysis of caspase activation, to confirm high turnover of chemokine receptor CCR5⁺ T cells in subjects with acute, primary human ...