Naphthol AS-D chloroacetate esterase (specific) is usually positive in <u>Granulocytic</u>cells, and alpha naphthyl acetate esterase (nonspecific)is useful for identifying blast cells of <u>monocytic</u> lineage.
White blood cells known as granulocytes have tiny granules. Proteins are present in these granules.
Granulocytes can be classified as neutrophils, eosinophils, or basophils. The body uses granulocytes, particularly neutrophils, to fight bacterial infections.
A monocyte is a subtype of phagocyte and a type of white blood cell.
The role of the monocyte-macrophage cell lineage in acute and chronic allograft immunopathology is becoming more widely acknowledged.
It is linked to lower graft performance and survival when this lineage of cells predominates in tissue that is rejecting an allograft.
