leukocyte homeostasis

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0001776

The process of regulating the proliferation and elimination of cells of the immune system such that the total number of cells of a particular cell type within a whole or part of an organism is stable over time in the absence of an outside stimulus. [ GOC:add http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0781735149&isbn=1/ ]

Synonyms: leucocyte homeostasis, immune cell homeostasis

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Note that this term represents the return of immune system cell levels to stable numbers following an immune response as well as the proliferation and elimination of cells of the immune system required to maintain stable numbers in the absence of an outside stimulus.

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GO:0001776

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Equivalent to:

homeostasis of number of cells and acts on population of some leukocyte

Subclass of:

immune system process
homeostasis of number of cells
in taxon only Vertebrata
acts on population of some leukocyte
only in taxon some Vertebrata