A new editorial paper titled "Neutrophil PAD4: how does it function in cancer beyond promoting NETosis?" has been published in Oncotarget. "Using several transplantable and genetically engineered ...

COVID-19 patients who suffer life-threatening complications such as blood clots and inflammation also experience dysregulated NETosis. NETosis is a cell death process that generates neutrophil ...

Neutrophils produce “spider webs” that trap invading bacteria and improve macrophages’ ability to phagocytose and kill harmful pathogens. A research team at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center ...

The process of NETosis is like its name suggests. When neutrophils are triggered, which normally might happen at the onset of a bacterial infection, for example, they eject their DNA, which is packed ...

Assistant Professor Andrew Monteith's lab in the Department of Microbiology is documenting how key immune cells detect infection and how that fails to happen in people with lupus. Research Associate ...

Volitionrx Ltd. won the CE mark for its Nu.Q NETs test for the detection, evaluation and management of NETosis, a type of cell death characterized by the release of neutrophil extracellular traps, or ...

Like a spider trapping its prey, our immune system cells cooperate to capture and "eat" bacteria. The newly identified antibacterial mechanism, reported Sept. 10 in Science Advances, could inspire ...

Inflammation is a hallmark of many health conditions, but quantifying how the underlying biology of inflammation contributes to specific diseases has been difficult. For the first time, researchers ...

In a recent review published in the journal Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology, researchers examine the multifaceted roles of neutrophils in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and highlight ...