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Erythroytes
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Main products: Hemoglobin
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Main Functions: CO2 and O2 transport
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Neutrophils
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Main products: Specific granules and modified lysosomes (azurophilic granules)
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Main Functions: Phagocytosis of bacteria
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Eosinophils
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Main products: Specific granules, pharmacologically active substances. Modulation of inflammatory processes
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Main Functions: Defense against parasitic cells
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Basophils
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Main products: Specific granules containing histamine and heparin
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Main Functions: Release of histamine and other inflammation mediators
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Monocytes
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Main products:Granules with lysosomal enzymes
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Main Functions: Generation of mononuclear-phagocyte system cells in tissues; phagocytosis and digestion of protozoa, virus and senescent cells
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B lymphocytes
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Main products: Immunoglobulins
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Main Functions: Generation of antibody-producing termianl cells (plasmocytes)
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T lymphocytes
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Main products: Substanes that kill cells; Substances that control the activity of other leukocytes (interleukins)
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Main Functions: Killing of virus-infected cells
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Natural killer (cytotoxic T cells)
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Main products: Substances that promote perforations in the cell membrane of target cells, thereby killing them
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Main Functions: Killing of some tumor and virus-infecting cells
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Platelets
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Main products: Blood-clotting factors
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Main Functions: Clotting of blood.
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