White blood cells, such as granulocytes and macrophages, act as first responders to sites of infection and injury by emitting chemicals to kill germs and releasing protein messengers called cytokines.

Authors

• Person: Not available Organization: Vanderbilt University
  The Good, The Bad and the Ugly of Inflammation

Sources

• The Good, The Bad and the Ugly of Inflammation medschool.vanderbilt.edu Vanderbilt University via serper

Referenced by nodes (5)

• injury concept
• infection concept
• cytokines concept
• macrophages concept
• granulocytes concept