Talk:Eosinophil

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(s/b “How abt just ‘Eosinophil’?“)[edit]

Nobody refers to these as "eosinophil granulocytes"! Can we re-re-direct the page back to its original title - "Eosinophil"?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.11.148.135 (talk • contribs) 18:48, 1 September 2005

I agree with the above statement. Eosinophil alone is good enough for clinical hematologists. Also, the picture of the eosinophil on the main page is AWFUL. Eosinophils will stain orange-ish red. They are very distinctive. The one on the main page could be confused with a neutrophil. Anyone have a better photo? Rdbrd82 20:17, 24 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

(s/b “Edibility“)[edit]

Glad someone picked up on the "edibility" section...! Hope the "WTF" wasn't taken too badly - the important thing is that the problem was recognised and corrected. Thank-you to whoever it was. :)—Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.236.51.251 (talk • contribs) 14:04, 7 October 2006

(s/b “Hypobromous?“)[edit]

Please explain how hypobromous acid fits in with the following.... "Reactive oxygen species such as hypobromite, superoxide, and peroxide (hypobromous acid, which is preferentially produced by eosinophil peroxidase)[17]" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Minnsurfur2 (talk • contribs) 18:02, 13 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Eosinophil figure describing structure[edit]

Mammalian cells have cell membranes or plasma membranes. Plant cells and bacteria have cell walls. 66.27.79.201 20:28, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Captions[edit]

The captions in this article seem repetitive and uninformative. Seems pointless to me.Nashaii 18:39, 24 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Phagocytic role[edit]

According to "Foundation in Microbiology - Basic Principles", Fourth Edition by Talaro, on page 437, it says that eosinophils play a phagocytic role, although minor role. I think this should be stated in the Wikipedia article. Similarily in the "Immune System" article, under phagocyte grouping, the eosinophil is not listed. (nanotech.republika.pl) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.142.141.156 (talk • contribs) 00:21, 17 July 2007

Review[edit]

In Blood doi:10.1182/blood-2012-06-330845 JFW | T@lk 23:38, 10 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This looks useful, thanks.Graham Colm (talk) 00:02, 11 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Low eosinophil count associated with Sars-CoV-2[edit]

"The median age of the patients was 65.8 years and 72.9% were male. Common symptoms were fever (78 [91.8%]), shortness of breath (50 [58.8%]), fatigue (50 [58.8%]), dyspnea (60 [70.6%]). Hypertension, diabetes and coronary heart disease were the most common comorbidities. Notably, 81.2% patients had very low eosinophil counts at admission." Clinical Features of 85 Fatal Cases of COVID-19 from Wuhan: A Retrospective Observational Study 92.25.47.124 (talk) 18:44, 6 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]