ITGAM and infection: Flow cytometry analysis identified neutrophils as Ly6G+ cells out of CD11b+ cells (Figure 1C) and revealed higher percentages of neutrophils in the blood of naive male animals, but not in the BM and liver; after infection, a significant increase in the amounts of neutrophils in the blood of female animals and in the liver of both sexes was observed (Figures 1D, E).