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    Protection against blood vessel occlusion in animals with sickle cell anemia after treatment with circadian clock inhibitors. Vessel walls are shown as white lines, neutrophils in yellow, and red blood cells trapped by neutrophils in red.
    Research
    12 Dec 2025
    JEM: Neutrophils are less aggressive at night, explaining why nighttime heart attacks cause less damage than daytime events

    A CNIC study reveals that neutrophils—a type of immune cell—are less aggressive at night, explaining why nighttime heart attacks are less severe than those occurring during the day
    Neutrophils (red) accumulate in the alveoli of a flu-infected lung
    Research
    2 Dec 2025
    Nature: NeuMap, a pioneering map of neutrophils that redefines their role in health, infection, and inflammation

    An international team has published NeuMap, the first atlas to reveal the global architecture of neutrophils, showing how this “first line of defense” reorganizes to protect, remember, and heal.
    Research
    22 Oct 2020
    Cell: The unexpected repair function of neutrophils

    CNIC scientists have discovered previously unsuspected actions of the immune system that help to maintain organ health
    Andrés Hidalgo, Jose María Adrover y Alejandra Aroca
    Research
    14 Jan 2020
    Nature Immunology: Neutrophils are equipped with a 'disarmament' program that prevents the immune system going 'out of control'

    The newly identified immune control system is located within one of the most important cell types of the immune system, the neutrophil
    Andrés Hidalgo
    Research
    10 Dec 2019
    NeutroCure: exploiting the dual nature of neutrophils to cure inflammatory diseases

    The NeutroCure project focuses on reactive oxygen species (ROS), which play central roles in healthy animals, such as redox signalling to regulate cell growth
    Andrés Hidalgo y José María Adrover+
    Research
    30 Jan 2019
    Immunity: Scientists discover an immune “clock” that controls infections and cardiovascular disease

    Neutrophils are the body’s main line of defense, but their action can also damage healthy cells in the cardiovascular system