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A NET Outcome

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in immunology, January 2012
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Title
A NET Outcome
Published in
Frontiers in immunology, January 2012
DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2012.00365
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Thea Lu, Scott D. Kobayashi, Mark T. Quinn, Frank R. DeLeo

Abstract

Neutrophils constitute a critical part of innate immunity and are well known for their ability to phagocytose and kill invading microorganisms. The microbicidal processes employed by neutrophils are highly effective at killing most ingested bacteria and fungi. However, an alternative non-phagocytic antimicrobial mechanism of neutrophils has been proposed whereby microorganisms are eliminated by neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs). NETs are comprised of DNA, histones, and antimicrobial proteins extruded by neutrophils during NETosis, a cell death pathway reported to be distinct from apoptosis, phagocytosis-induced cell death, and necrosis. Although multiple laboratories have reported NETs using various stimuli in vitro, the molecular mechanisms involved in this process have yet to be definitively elucidated, and many questions regarding the formation and putative role or function of NETs in innate host defense remain unanswered. It is with these questions in mind that we provide some reflection and perspective on NETs and NETosis.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Germany 2 1%
United States 1 <1%
Poland 1 <1%
Argentina 1 <1%
Unknown 132 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 31 23%
Researcher 28 20%
Student > Master 15 11%
Student > Bachelor 12 9%
Professor 9 7%
Other 22 16%
Unknown 20 15%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 57 42%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 16 12%
Medicine and Dentistry 15 11%
Immunology and Microbiology 13 9%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 4 3%
Other 5 4%
Unknown 27 20%
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#22,759,802
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