Saturday, October 3, 2015

Granular contents of neutrophils mnemonic

This post was requested by someone.. So I made a mnemonic.

Azurophilic granules (or "primary granules") mnemonic
PED
Primary
Peroxidase (MPO or myeloperoxidase)
Permeability-increasing protein
Proteases (Serine proteases)
Elastase (Neutrophil elastase)
Defensins

Specific granules (or "secondary granules") mnemonic
A LOCk
Alkaline phosphatase
Lysozyme
Lactoferrin
Oxidase (NADPH oxidase)
Cathelicidin
Collagenase

Tertiary granules mnemonic
Think of nucleotides - Thymine Cytosine Guanine
Tertiary
Cathepsin
Gelatinase

-IkaN
Related post:  Neutrophils simplified 

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