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MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 198, Issue 4, Pages 211-219Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00430-009-0121-x
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Neutrophils; Innate immunity; Pathophysiology; Neutrophil extracellular traps
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Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) have recently been discovered as a central part of antimicrobial innate immunity. In the meanwhile, evidence accumulated that NETs are also generated upon non-infectious stimuli in various clinical settings. In acute or chronic inflammatory disorders aberrantly enhanced NET formation and/or decreased NET degradation seems to correlate with disease outcome. This review summarizes current knowledge about the relation of NETs in a broad spectrum of clinical settings. Specifically, we focus on the importance of NETs as a predictive marker in severely ill patients and further, we speculate about the potential pathophysiology of NETs.
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