Basophils provide frontline defense against infection and are involved in processes like inflammation and allergies. Although they make up only around 1% or less of all white blood cells in ...

Inflammation is a crucial part of the body's defense mechanism, playing a key role in fighting infections and repairing tissue damage. Basophils, a type of immune cell that makes up less than 1% ...

Mature B cells express immunoglobulin D, but its function is unknown. Cerutti and colleagues show that respiratory mucosal B cells secrete immunoglobulin D, which activates basophils and enhances ...