As the most abundant leukocyte in circulation, the neutrophil plays a far-reaching role in maintaining homeostasis. Within the context of disease, however, neutrophils can potentiate various ...

Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) are web-like structures composed of nuclear and granular components. The primary role of NETS is to prevent the dissemination of microbes and facilitate their ...

Cross-talk between the innate immune mechanisms, NETosis, complement activation and pattern recognition is integral to effective host defense and regulation of sterile inflammation. Dysregulated ...

1 Taipei Medical University, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China 2 National Taiwan University College of Medicine and National Taiwan University University Hospital ...

NETosis is a program for formation of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs), which consist of modified chromatin decorated with bactericidal proteins from granules and cytoplasm. Various pathogens, ...