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Hematology: eosinophil
Contributor(s): Karen L Gerber, Simon Tappin
Overview
- Eosinophils are generally involved in inflammatory processes in the body. Primarily involved in killing parasites or regulating the intensity of hypersensitivity reactions.
- Eosinopoiesis stimulated by specific mediators including IL-5 and GM-CSF.
- Attracted into tissue primarily by histamine (mast cells and basophils) and lymphokine (lymphocytes) to neutralize histamine, serotonin and bradykinin resulting in an anti-inflammatory effect. Peroxidase, present in specific eosinophilic granules, exert some anti-inflammatory effect at sites of antigen-antibody interaction, even when histamine is not involved.
- Other functions are fibrin degradation (profibrinolysin produced by developing eosinophils in the bone marrow), phagocytosis and detoxification.
- Kinetics: reservoir of 300-400 eosinophils in bone marrow (75% mature) for every one in circulating blood.
- Lifespan in circulation is very variable from minutes to hours.
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Further Reading
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Other sources of information
- Valenciano A C & Cowell R E (2013) Cowell and Tyler's Diagnostic Cytology and Hematology of the Dog and Cat. 4th edn, Mosby, St Louis.
- Day M & Kohn B (2012) BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Haematology and Transfusion Medicine.2nd edn. BSAVA.
- Latimer K S (2011) Duncan and Prasse's Veterinary Laboratory Medicine: Clinical Pathology. 5th edn. Iowa University Press, Ames, Iowa.
- Stockham S L & Scott M A (2008) Fundamentals of Veterinary Clinical Pathology. 2nd edn. Blackwell Publishing.