AmiGO 2: Term Details for "neutrophil homeostasis" (GO:0001780)

Accession: GO:0001780
Name: neutrophil homeostasis
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: None
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The process of regulating the proliferation and elimination of neutrophils such that the total number of neutrophils within a whole or part of an organism is stable over time in the absence of an outside stimulus. Source: GOC:pr, PMID:12752675, GOC:add, PMID:12960266
Comment: Note that this term represents the return of neutrophil levels to stable numbers following an immune response as well as the proliferation and elimination of neutrophils required to maintain stable numbers in the absence of an outside stimulus.
History: See term history for GO:0001780 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to neutrophil homeostasis (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to neutrophil homeostasis (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for neutrophil homeostasis (excluding "regulates").

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For more information, please see the ontology relation documentation.

subject	relation	object
neutrophil apoptotic process (GO:0001781)	BFO:0000050	neutrophil homeostasis
neutrophil clearance (GO:0097350)	BFO:0000050	neutrophil homeostasis

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