Leukocyte responsiveness to light can be used for discrimination between pathological and nonpathological states and prognostic evaluation of pathological development. Patients exhibiting similar clinical symptoms could be divided into separate groups with potentially different outcomes. A novel definition of nonpathological states as well as the mechanism underlying the bell-shaped curve that delineates the relationship between PMN number and intracellular ROS is suggested in pathological states.
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