# Basophils --- **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]]. ![[basophil.png]] They play a big part in [[hypersensitivity]] reactions. [[Mast cells]] are a specilaized type of Basophil. ___