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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Rossella Manfredini
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-3242 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Salati Simona S Bianchi Elisa E Zini Roberta R Tenedini Elena E Quaglino Daniela D Manfredini Rossella R Ferrari Sergio S
Haematologica 20071001 10
<h4>Background and objectives</h4>Traditionally eosinophils have been considered terminally differentiated cells that play a role in host protection against parasites. However, there is some evidence showing that eosinophils are, in fact, multifunctional leukocytes involved in inflammatory responses, as well as in tissue homeostasis. We characterized the transcriptome profile of human eosinophils, and, for the purpose of comparison, the transcriptome profile of neutrophils, monocytes and hematop ...[more]