The Neutrophil’s Choice: Phagocytose vs Make Neutrophil Extracellular Traps

The Neutrophil’s Choice: Phagocytose vs Make Neutrophil Extracellular Traps

Neutrophils recognize particulate substrates of microbial or endogenous origin and react by sequestering the cargo via phagocytosis or by releasing neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) outside the cell, thus modifying and alerting the environment and bystander leukocytes. The signals that determine...

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Main Authors: Angelo A. Manfredi, Giuseppe A. Ramirez, Patrizia Rovere-Querini, Norma Maugeri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
Subjects:
neutrophils
apoptosis
phagocytosis
NETs
platelets
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2018.00288/full

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