| ANCA | Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody |
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| AFN | afunctional neutrophil |
| ANC | absolute neutrophil count; acid neutralization capacity; antigen-neutralizing capacity; Army Nurse C... |
| ANS | acanthion; American Nutrition Society; 8-anilino-1-naphthalene-sulfonic acid; anterior nasal spine; ... |
| CFU-NM, | CFUNM colony-forming unit, neutrophil-monocyte |
| neutrophil activation | The process in which the neutrophil is stimulated by diverse substances, resulting in degranulation and/or generation of reactive oxygen products, and culminating in the destruction of invading pathogens. The stimulatory substances, including opsonised particles, immune complexes, and chemotactic factors, bind to specific cell-surface receptors on the neutrophil. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| neutrophil chemotactant factor | <cytokine> A cytokine that activates neutrophils and attracts neutrophils and T-lymphocytes. It is released by several cell types including monocytes, macrophages, T-lymphocytes, fibroblasts, endothelial cells, and keratinocytes by an inflammatory stimulus. Il-8 is a member of the beta-thromboglobulin superfamily and structurally related to platelet factor 4. Acronym: IL-8 (12 Dec 1998) |
| neutrophil collagenase | <enzyme> Cleaves interstitial collagens in the triple helical domain; cleaves type I collagen more rapidly than type III; fibroblast collagenase cleaves at the same site as neutrophil colagenase Registry number: EC 3.4.24.34 Synonym: matrix metalloproteinase 8, mmp-8, mmp 8, fibroblast collagenase (26 Jun 1999) |
| neutrophil granule | A granule stainable with the neutral component of stains, e.g., the Romanovsky-type blood stains. (05 Mar 2000) |