Publication: Neutrophil extracellular traps in tissue pathology
Authors
Nakazawa, Daigo ; Kumar, Santhosh V. ; Desai, Jyaysi ; Anders, Hans Joachim
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Publisher
Universidad de Murcia. Departamento de Biología Celular e Histología
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DOI
DOI: 10.14670/HH-11-816
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Description
Abstract
Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) are
innate immune systems against invading pathogens.
NETs are characterized as released DNA mixed with
cytoplasmic antimicrobial proteins such as
myeloperoxidase, proteinase3 and neutrophil elastase.
While NETs are thought to have an important role in
host defense, recent work has suggested that NETs
contribute to tissue injury in non-infectious disease
states. Uncontrolled NET formation in autoimmune
diseases, metabolic disorders, cancers and thrombotic
diseases can exacerbate a disease or even be a major
initiator of tissue injury. But spotting NETs in tissues is
not easy. Here we review the available histopathological
evidence on the presence of NETs in a variety of
diseases. We discuss technical difficulties and potential
sources of misinterpretation while trying to detect NETs
in tissue samples
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Citation
Histology and Histopathology, Vol.32, nº3, (2017)
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