acts on population of acts on population of leukocyte leukocyte homeostasis GO:0001776 biological_process 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. leucocyte homeostasis immune cell homeostasis 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. immune system process homeostasis of number of cells