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- noun immunology Plural form of
monocyte .
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Examples
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Haslett said: This work on modified monocytes is a perfect example of how research at the institute is crossing disciplines and allowing scientists to combine their work.
‘Bloodhound’ Cells Designed to Hunt Disease and Dispense Drugs | Impact Lab 2006
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We can filter out the monocytes from the patient’s blood and insert the gene.
‘Bloodhound’ Cells Designed to Hunt Disease and Dispense Drugs | Impact Lab 2006
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Circulating immune cells known as monocytes burrow into the blood-vessel walls, where they mature into macrophages (literally "" big eaters ''), gorge themselves on oxidized fatty substances and die (diagram).
The Heart Attackers 2008
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Long-lived cells called monocytes and macrophages can hold large quantities of the virus without dying, and they are used as holding areas for PreCort reserves.
THE EXISTENTIAL CURE by Will McIntosh | Fiction | Futurismic 2005
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Hence it becomes pertinent to understand the possible role of different transcription factors mediating the regulation of the expression of resistin where it is highly expressed, namely the monocytes/macrophages.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Anil K. Singh et al. 2010
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A spicy, oily extract of the eucalyptus tree, this is also a decongestant - it relaxes the mucus-producing cells called monocytes in your airways.
Wired Top Stories Patrick Di Justo 2010
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In healthy individuals, protective white blood cells called monocytes travel from bone marrow to the bloodstream to the brain.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Now, in experiments published in Science, researchers at The Rockefeller University have identified these special cells 'rites of passage: They have shown the developmental point when dendritic cells part ways with closely related immune cells known as monocytes, at least in mice.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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Cytokines, which are secreted by white blood cells such as monocytes, are thought to play a role in this imbalance.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Cytokines, which are secreted by white blood cells such as monocytes, are thought to play a role in this imbalance.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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