Granulocytes apoptotic

Fig. 4. Acute MI with interstitial infiltration of neutrophil granulocytes. (A) Hematoxylin and eosin. (B) Immunohistochemical staining for activated caspase-3 positive reaction in numerous neutrophil granulocytes. Apoptotic bodies are also positive.

In contrast to catechol and hydroquinone, phenol was a weak inducer of apoptosis in HL60 human promyelocytic leukaemia cells, and had an apoptotic effect only at the highest concentration tested (0.75 mmol/L) (Moran et al., 1996). Phenol (< 10 mmol/L) had no effect on the colony formation of granulocytes/macrophages induced by a recombinant granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor of murine bone-marrow cells (Irons et al., 1992). 

Clearance OF Apoptotic Granulocytes by Cells Other Than macrophages... 

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