# Basophils
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**Basophils** are a type of [[white blood cells|granulocyte]] that lives in the blood and is primarily involved in releasing substances that induce [[inflammation]] by releaseing [[heparin]] and [[histamine]].
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They play a big part in [[hypersensitivity]] reactions.
[[Mast cells]] are a specilaized type of Basophil.
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