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Role of granule proteases in the life and death of neutrophils.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 15 Jan 2017
Benarafa Charaf, Simon Hans-Uwe
Abstract excerpt
Neutrophils constitute a crucial component of the innate immune defenses against microbes. Produced in the bone marrow and patrolling in blood vessels, neutrophils are recruited to injured tissues and are immediately active to contain pathogen invasion. Neutrophils undergo programmed cell death by multiple, context-specific pathways, which have consequences on immunopathology and disease outcome. Studies in the...
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