New insights in neutrophil extracellular traps: Its possible association in COVID-19 pathogenesis

• Main Authors: Komal Fanda (Author), Pallavi Sharma (Author), Vikas Jindal (Author), Ranjan Malhotra (Author), Amit Goel (Author), Malvika Thakur (Author), Shivali Vashisht (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Neutrophils discovered by Elie Metchnikoff are granulocytes that play a critical role as a first-line defense in innate immunity. They freely circulate in the blood vessels. Upon receiving the chemotactic gradient signal, neutrophils become the first white blood cells that get activated in various i...