A group of eleven international medical research organizations is investigating the role that neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) may play in the development and severity of COVID-19. The NETwork ...

Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) are structures of chromatin filaments coated with histones, proteases and granular and cytosolic proteins, and NETosis describes the process by which ...

NETs can trap and kill microbes, but they are not only dangerous to the invaders. NETs can also attack the body's own tissue. It is therefore important that neutrophils are only activated locally ...

The findings suggest that neutrophil/NET-macrophage cooperation is a broadly ... Monteith, A.J., et al. (2021) Neutrophil extracellular traps enhance macrophage killing of bacterial pathogens ...

In your bloodstream, there are immune cells called neutrophils that, ... Neutrophils Trap Microbes With Nets Made of DNA. by Bidita Debnath on November 26, 2017 at 11:50 PM.

Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) normally protect against viruses and bacteria but may also cause harm. Credit: Christian Con Yost, MD. Preventing the formation of a sticky, web-like substance ...

Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) are meant to trap bacteria but may be behind loss of immune tolerance in RA.

The study, led by first author Andrew Monteith, investigated the role of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) on macrophage phagocytosis of invading bacteria, discovering potential new targets for ...

Researchers found that levels of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) are elevated in the plasma of people with lupus. NET levels also indicated persons at risk of active disease activity and/or ...