%0 Journal Article %T Granulocytes: From Basic Research to Clinical Use %A Peter Bugert %A Torsten J. Schulze %J Archive of "Transfusion Medicine and Hemotherapy". %D 2018 %R 10.1159/000494035 %X Neutrophilic granulocytes (neutrophils) are the most abundant leukocytes in human blood and play a central role in the innate immune response [1]. This issue follows mature neutrophils through their various aspects in medical therapies as well as through immunological interactions against them that demand a professional response. In short, this issue sheds light on the variety of different roles that granulocytes play in the field of transfusion medicine %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6257150/