Summary of the relative changes in the different neutrophil populations.

Pathways and gene-groups were evaluated by the Genomica software, and manually from the literature. The data of each neutrophils-function evaluated for each population of neutrophils is presented.(−) - Most genes in the pathway/group were at background levels.(+/−) – Some genes of the pathway/group were up-regulated and other down-regulated.(+) – A related pathway/group was up-regulated (Genomica), or some (>10%) of the genes in the group were up-regulated (manually).(++) – A related pathway/group was up-regulated (Genomica), and/or a significant portion (>30%) of the genes in the group were up-regulated (manually). (+++) – A prominent up-regulation of genes in the group/pathway (>50%) was noted.