Neutrophil extracellular traps generation and degradation in patients with granulomatosis with polyangiitis and systemic lupus erythematosus

• Main Authors: Michal Przemyslaw Pruchniak (Author), Magdalena Ostafin (Author), Malgorzata Wachowska (Author), Michal Jakubaszek (Author), Brygida Kwiatkowska (Author), Marzena Olesinska (Author), Katarzyna Zycinska (Author), Urszula Demkow (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Neutrophils are one of the first cells to arrive at the site of infection, where they apply several strategies to kill pathogens: degranulation, respiratory burst, phagocytosis, and release of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs). Recent discoveries try to connect NETs formation with autoimmune dis...