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SUBMITTER: Cahilog Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7443373 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cahilog Zhen Z Zhao Hailin H Wu Lingzhi L Alam Azeem A Eguchi Shiori S Weng Hao H Ma Daqing D Ma Daqing D
Inflammation 20201201 6
NETosis is a type of regulated cell death dependent on the formation of neutrophil extracellular traps (NET), where net-like structures of decondensed chromatin and proteases are produced by polymorphonuclear (PMN) granulocytes. These structures immobilise pathogens and restrict them with antimicrobial molecules, thus preventing their spread. Whilst NETs possess a fundamental anti-microbial function within the innate immune system under physiological circumstances, increasing evidence also indic ...[more]