Functional neutrophils, pro-inflammatory monocytes and
half-dead lymphocytes
Emel Ekşioğlu-Demiralp1*, Servet
Alan2, Uluhan Sili3, Dilek
Bakan4, İlhan Ocak5, Rayfe
Yürekli1, Nadir Alpay6, Serpil
Görçin7, Alaattin Yıldız7
1: Istanbul Memorial Şişli Hospital, Tissue Typing and
Immunology Laboratory, 2: Istanbul Memorial Şişli Hospital, Department
of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology; 3:
Marmara University, School of Medicine, Department of Infectious
Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Istanbul, 4:
Üsküdar Üniversitesi, Istanbul Memorial Şişli Hospital, Department of
Chest Diseases, 5: Istanbul Memorial Şişli Hospital,
Department of Intensive Care, 6: Istanbul Hizmet
Hospital, Department of Nephrology, 7: Istanbul
Memorial Şişli Hospital, Department of Nephrology, Istanbul-Turkey
*: Correspondence to: Emel Ekşioğlu-Demiralp
e-mail:
emel.demiralp@memorial.com.tr/emeldemiralp@yahoo.com
Address: Istanbul Memorial Hospital
Tissue Typing and Immunology Laboratory
Piyalepaşa Blv. Memorial Hospital C Blok Kat 11
Okmeydanı Şişli 34385 İstanbul-Turkey
Key words: COVID-19, apoptosis, oxidative burst,
immunophenotyping, caspase-3