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Category:GO:0001776 ! leukocyte homeostasis
name: leukocyte homeostasis
namespace: biological_process
def: "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, ISBN:0781735149]
comment: 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.
synonym: "immune cell homeostasis" EXACT []
synonym: "leucocyte homeostasis" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0002376 ! immune system process
is_a: GO:0048872 ! homeostasis of number of cells
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<GOterm>GO:0001776</GOterm>
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