The human neutrophil subsets defined by the presence or absence of OLFM4 both transmigrate into tissue in vivo and give rise to distinct NETs in vitro.

Neutrophil heterogeneity was described decades ago, but it could not be elucidated at the time whether the existence of different neutrophil subsets had any biological relevance. It has been corroborated in recent years that neutrophil subsets, defined by differential expression of various markers,...

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Main Authors: Amanda Welin, Firoozeh Amirbeagi, Karin Christenson, Lena Björkman, Halla Björnsdottir, Huamei Forsman, Claes Dahlgren, Anna Karlsson, Johan Bylund
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3726694?pdf=render