Leukocytes, also known as white blood cells, are critical for immune defense and inflammatory regulation. Leukocytes includes lymphocytes, different subtype of T cells, B cells, and natural killing cells, as well as myeloid cells, such as neutrophils, monocytes, macrophages, and dendritic cells. The recruitment of leukocytes is vital to perform functions at the site of inflammation or infections. The recruitment of leukocytes includes many processes, such as the rolling and adhesion of circulating leukocytes to endothelial cells lining the blood vessel's inner wall, the transmigration from vessel’s inner wall to the tissue surrounding vessels, and migration in the tissues. Different leukocytes have multiple functions in regulating immune defense and inflammation. Microscopic imaging provides a powerful visualizing way to investigate leukocyte recruitment and functions.
?Following the first volume
Imaging and Mechanism of Leukocyte Recruitment and Function in Inflammation and Infections, this research topic is aimed at providing researchers with an exclusive platform to publish their latest discoveries in leukocyte recruitment and functions in different infectious or non-infectious diseases, using imaging and other techniques, in addition to discussing the concerns and advances in the field through reviews, brief research reports and opinion articles.
Areas to be covered may include:
• Molecular mechanisms of leukocyte recruitment
• Drugs targeting leukocyte recruitment
• Intravital imaging of leukocyte recruitment
• Live cell imaging of leukocyte adhesion and migration
• Frontier imaging techniques in investigating leukocytes
• Leukocyte recruitment and function in infections
• Leukocyte recruitment and function in non-infectious inflammatory diseases
A full list of accepted article types, including descriptions, can be found at this
link.