leukosequestration

noun

sequestration (accumulation from the environment) of leukocytes

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Meanings

nounleukosequestration (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicinesequestration (accumulation from the environment) of leukocytes

    Neutropenia in septic animals and humans, may be secondary to enhanced leukosequestration at the site of infection (site of LPS injection in our model) or within the lungs, as an antecedent to sepsis-associated acute lung injury, and is associated with worse outcome.

    2015 July 24, Ofer Yanay et al., “Effects of exendin-4, a glucagon like peptide-1 receptor agonist, on neutrophil count and inflammatory cytokines in a rat model of endotoxemia”, in Journal of Inflammation Research, volume 8, →DOI

Origin

From leuko- + sequestration.

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