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A serpinB1 regulatory mechanism is essential for restricting neutrophil extracellular trap generation.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Nov 2012
Farley Kalamo, Stolley J Michael, Zhao Picheng, Cooley Jessica, Remold-O'Donnell Eileen
Abstract excerpt
NETosis (neutrophil extracellular trap [NET] generation), a programmed death pathway initiated in mature neutrophils by pathogens and inflammatory mediators, can be a protective process that sequesters microbes and prevents spread of infection, but it can also be a pathological process that causes inflammation and serious tissue injury. Little is known about the regulatory mechanism. Previously, we demonstrated...
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