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TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 23, Issue 6, Pages 330-331Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2015.04.003
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neutrophils; antimicrobial activity; DNA; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Staphylococcus aureus
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Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) have been shown to play a crucial role in health and disease. In a recent paper in PLoS Pathogens, Halverson et al. demonstrate that the DNA backbone of NETs contributes to its antibacterial activity and serves as signal for entrapped microbes to employ immune evasion strategies.
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