If you unwound all the blood vessels inside the body and measured their length, you might be surprised at the distance they covered: 96,560km (60,000 miles), with 644km of them inside the head.

Blood-borne neutrophils interact with, and then exit through, the endothelium of blood vessels, after which these cells die and must be removed safely. The balance between neutrophil survival and ...

“Nanoscale plastics can breach the blood-brain barrier, [but] how [microplastics] cause brain functional irregularities remains unclear,” wrote the study’s authors.

These sports develop when capillaries, small blood vessels, break and leak blood into your skin. Petechiae can sometimes occur due to harmless causes, such as prolonged straining, heavy coughing ...

Nearly 100% of all Ly6G+ neutrophils in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid express CD11b/CD18 after LPS exposure. In contrast, there was lower expression of CD11b/CD18 in the Duoxa−/− mice, although ...

Laboratory tests revealed a white blood cell (WBC) count of 10,750/μL, neutrophils (NE) of 9,130/μL ... An enhanced CT scan of the chest identified a large blood vessel that originated from the ...

Recent studies uncovered an association between anxiety disorders and the impaired functioning of the blood-brain barrier (BBB), a protective layer comprised of endothelial cells that regulates ...

This reduces the volume of blood that needs to pass through your blood vessels, which lowers your blood pressure. In certain situations, your body makes hormones called catecholamines. These ...

Interstitial Lung Disease Center, Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, National Jewish Medical and Research Center and University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, ...

Medically reviewed by Gagandeep Brar, MD Bone marrow is the deep, interior portion of your bone. Your bone marrow, which has ...