How to Use neutrophil in a Sentence

neutrophil

noun
  • One of the first responders to microbial invaders is a type of white blood cell called a neutrophil.
    — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Ahrenhoerster is so low on neutrophils that her body can't defend itself against the virus.
    — Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2020
  • The initial response is from neutrophils, a type of white blood cell (think pus) that rushes in to fight infection.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Myeloid cells are immature white blood cells that develop into red blood cells, platelets, and certain white blood cells known as neutrophils.
    — Doru Paul, Health, 7 Dec. 2024
  • The initial immune response involves cells of the body’s innate immune system, such as macrophages and neutrophils.
    — Laura Haynes, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2018
  • Researchers specifically studied the movement of neutrophils -- a type of white blood cell -- when combined with soup.
    — Lisa Drayer, CNN, 9 Mar. 2018
  • After the two weeks on the red-meat diet, the mice had a larger amount of immune cells – especially neutrophils and macrophages – in the colon.
    — New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Female bodies also have higher counts of active neutrophils, the most common type of white blood cell that fights infections.
    — Starre Vartan, CNN Money, 7 July 2025
  • When super-concentrated, these green neutrophils can make your mucus appear straight-up verdant.
    — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Their ears also filled with inflammatory immune cells called neutrophils.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 30 Jan. 2025
  • These will interfere with its ability to attach to a host cell, or single out the microbe for ingestion by cells called neutrophils.
    — WIRED, 19 Nov. 2023
  • These will interfere with its ability to attach to a host cell, or single out the microbe for ingestion by cells called neutrophils.
    — Tara C. Smith, Quanta Magazine, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The innate immune system, composed of white blood cells such as macrophages, natural killer cells and neutrophils, was supposed to have no such memory.
    — Jop De Vrieze, Science | AAAS, 23 Mar. 2020
  • Researchers found that alcohol can cause called neutrophils, a type of immune cell, to end up damaging the lining of the upper small intestine.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
  • These medications can lower the number of neutrophils, a type of white blood cell that helps fight bacterial infections.
    — Lindsay Curtis, Health, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Neutrophilic asthma is a subtype of this condition, where high levels of other white blood cells, neutrophils, cause inflammation.
    — Carisa Brewster, Verywell Health, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The morphological changes that dichty’s undergo also occurs in many of the cells of the human body, including a type of white blood cell called a neutrophil.
    — Jen Christiansen, Scientific American, 21 May 2013
  • Iron is a mineral that regulates immune response and the function and production of neutrophils, which are white blood cells that help your body fight off infection.
    — Jillian Kubala, Health, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The cells patrol the bloodstream and wage war on pathogens, and their defensive role is so vital that people who lose their neutrophils in the course of cancer treatment can die from infections.
    — Rodrigo Pérez Ortega, Science | AAAS, 6 Mar. 2020
  • When the team blocked IL6, both the neutrophils and fungal antibodies decreased in quantity.
    — Maggie Chen, WIRED, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Over a series of lab and mice experiments, the researchers showed the protein is essential for allowing platelets and neutrophils to coordinate.
    — Jason Mast Reprints, STAT, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The group of immune cells that surge during and after short bouts of exercise, which include neutrophils and natural-killer cells, serve as our frontline defense against invading viruses.
    — Katarina Zimmer, Outside Online, 27 Mar. 2020
  • Mitochondria in the neutrophils of lupus patients fail to sense bacterial lactate properly.
    — Andrew Monteith, The Conversation, 25 June 2025
  • First-line immune defenders, like neutrophils, need to be replaced after just four to eight hours, platelets can last a week, red blood cells up to four months, and some white blood cells, like memory B cells, live for decades.
    — Megan Molteni, STAT, 22 Jan. 2024
  • The activation of mast cells can frequently lead to inflammation and the itch response thanks to their recruitment of neutrophils, a type of white blood cell also involved with the body's immune response.
    — Michael Franco, New Atlas, 31 Jan. 2025
  • To verify that the neutrophils were triggering PCD in the spores, the researchers turned to genetic engineering.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 8 Sep. 2017
  • The agency has removed a long-standing requirement for patients to submit lab test results showing healthy levels of white blood cells known as neutrophils in order to receive prescriptions for clozapine.
    — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Activation of the protein leads to rapid mobilization of immune cells, including gd T cells, monocytes and neutrophils, which induce inflammation.
    — Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
  • This suggests that coronaviruses induce an abnormal immune response that causes hyper inflammation and distorted neutrophil cells.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2022
  • For example, a type of immune cell called a neutrophil migrates toward areas in the body that have a higher concentration of a protein called IL-8, which increases during infection.
    — Yizeng Li, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2023

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