Phase 2 (plateau), calcium channels open and fast potassium channels close.

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The resulting transient increase in the number of circulating neutrophils, called leukocytosis.

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Neutrophils phagocytose (engulf) bacteria very effectively, and also secrete a range of proteins that have antimicrobial effects and tissue remodeling potential.

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Neutrophils- First cell against infection

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Basophils are nonphagocytic granulocytes.

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Basophils are critical to our response to particularly helminths (worms).

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Mast cells are released from the bone marrow into the blood as undifferentiated cells; they mature only after they leave the blood.