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  • Review
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,894 Views
17 Pages

29 January 2023

Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) are net-like structures released from neutrophils. NETs predominantly contain cell-free deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) decorated with histones and neutrophil granule proteins. Numerous extrinsic and intrinsic stimul...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Viruses and Ocular Infection)
  • Review
  • Open Access
113 Citations
19,768 Views
25 Pages

14 August 2019

Neutrophils undergo a unique form of cell death that generates neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) that may help to neutralize invading pathogens and restore homeostasis. However, uncontrolled NET formation (NETosis) can result in numerous diseases...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,892 Views
13 Pages

Galectin-3 Mediates NETosis and Acts as an Autoantigen in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus-Associated Diffuse Alveolar Haemorrhage

  • Shih-Yao Chen,
  • Chung-Teng Wang,
  • Ching-Yi Chen,
  • Pin-Yu Kuo and ,
  • Chrong-Reen Wang,
  • Ai-Li Shiau,
  • Cheng-Hsi Chang and
  • Chao-Liang Wu
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic autoimmune disease with enhanced NETosis and impaired degradation of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs). Galectin-3 is a β-galactoside binding protein and is associated with neutrophil function...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Autoimmune Diseases: A Swing Dance of the Immune Cells)
  • Article
  • Open Access
62 Citations
6,898 Views
19 Pages

Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Formation Correlates with Favorable Overall Survival in High Grade Ovarian Cancer

  • Besnik Muqaku,
  • Dietmar Pils,
  • Johanna C. Mader,
  • Stefanie Aust and ,
  • Andreas Mangold,
  • Liridon Muqaku,
  • Astrid Slany,
  • Giorgia Del Favero and
  • Christopher Gerner
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

21 February 2020

It is still a question of debate whether neutrophils, often found in the tumor microenvironment, mediate tumor-promoting or rather tumor-inhibiting activities. The present study focuses on the involvement of neutrophils in high grade serous ovarian c...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Molecular Biology of Ovarian Cancer: From Mechanisms of Intraperitoneal Metastasis to Therapeutic Opportunities)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,462 Views
19 Pages

The Effect of Local Anesthetics on Neutrophils in the Context of Different Isolation Techniques

  • Sara Sixt,
  • Michael Gruber,
  • Gesche Kolle,
  • Thies Galla and
  • Diane Bitzinger

Various functions of polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs) are related to diseases and postoperative plasma changes. The influence of some local anesthetics (LAs) on PMNs obtained by conventional isolation methods and their functions has already been...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Neutrophils in Immunity and Diseases)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,426 Views
14 Pages

Influence of Malignant Pleural Fluid from Lung Adenocarcinoma Patients on Neutrophil Response

  • Maria Mulet,
  • Rubén Osuna-Gómez,
  • Carlos Zamora,
  • José M. Porcel and ,
  • Juan C. Nieto,
  • Lídia Perea,
  • Virginia Pajares,
  • Ana M. Muñoz-Fernandez,
  • Nuria Calvo and
  • Silvia Vidal
  • + 6 authors+ 1 author

20 May 2022

Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) is a common severe complication of advanced lung adenocarcinoma (LAC). Neutrophils, an essential component of tumor infiltrates, contribute to tumor progression and their counts in MPE have been associated with worse...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Unravelling Cancer Mechanism and Developing Novel Therapeutics: An Urgent Need to Treat Cancer)
  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,514 Views
21 Pages

Effects of Exercise on Cardiovascular and Metabolic Responses in Adults and Childhood Cancer Survivors: The Role of NETosis and Low-Grade Inflammation as a Novel Therapeutic Target—A Narrative Review

  • Rodrigo L. Castillo,
  • Esteban G. Figueroa,
  • Alejandro González-Candia,
  • Andrea del Campo and ,
  • Claudia Paris,
  • Fernando Verdugo,
  • Morin Lang,
  • Carlos Cruz-Montecinos,
  • Mauricio Quezada and
  • Rodrigo Carrasco
  • + 8 authors+ 3 authors

8 November 2025

Cancer survivors (CS) constitute an expanding population with underrecognized cardiometabolic risk. Despite substantial improvements in five-year survival rates, both childhood and adult survivors remain at high risk for premature morbidity and morta...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue State-of-the-Art Molecular Immunology in Chile, 2nd Edition)
  • Review
  • Open Access
133 Citations
11,367 Views
16 Pages

19 August 2020

Among the mechanisms put-up by the host to defend against invading microorganisms, antimicrobial peptides represent the first line. In different species of mammals, the cathelicidin family of antimicrobial peptides AMPs has been identified, and in hu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Diagnostic Challenge and Therapeutic Approaches in Human Sepsis Based on the Appearance of Endotoxemia and Beta-D-Glucanemia)
  • Review
  • Open Access
43 Citations
8,732 Views
22 Pages

Neutrophil Extracellular Traps and Cancer: Trapping Our Attention with Their Involvement in Ovarian Cancer

  • María Castaño,
  • Sarai Tomás-Pérez,
  • Eva González-Cantó,
  • Cristina Aghababyan and ,
  • Andrea Mascarós-Martínez,
  • Nuria Santonja,
  • Alejandro Herreros-Pomares,
  • Julia Oto,
  • Pilar Medina and
  • Juan Gilabert-Estellés
  • + 8 authors+ 3 authors

Neutrophils, the most abundant circulating leukocytes, play a well-known role in defense against pathogens through phagocytosis and degranulation. However, a new mechanism involving the release of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) composed of DNA...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Immunology)
  • Perspective
  • Open Access
497 Views
23 Pages

In this Perspective, we present a non-systematic narrative synthesis and propose a hypothesis-generating framework that links regional anesthesia, local anesthetic strategies, surgery-induced NETosis, and perioperative metastatic biology. Surgical tu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
3,985 Views
15 Pages

Aspergillus fumigatus Extracellular Vesicles Display Increased Galleria mellonella Survival but Partial Pro-Inflammatory Response by Macrophages

  • Mateus Silveira Freitas,
  • Tamires Aparecida Bitencourt,
  • Caroline Patini Rezende,
  • Nubia Sabrina Martins and ,
  • Thales de Mileto Henrique Dourado,
  • Carlos R. Tirapelli and
  • Fausto Almeida
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

4 May 2023

Fungal extracellular vesicles (EVs) mediate intra- and interspecies communication and are critical in host–fungus interaction, modulating inflammation and immune responses. In this study, we evaluated the in vitro pro- and anti-inflammatory pro...

(This article belongs to the Section Fungal Pathogenesis and Disease Control)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,181 Views
19 Pages

Dapsone Alters Phenotypical and Functional Properties of Human Neutrophils In Vitro

  • Sara Rakočević,
  • Vanja Mališ,
  • Ljiljana Kozić,
  • Anđela Dubovina and ,
  • Marija Drakul,
  • Dejan Bokonjić,
  • Miodrag Čolić and
  • Dušan Mihajlović
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

30 December 2024

Dapsone is a sulfone used in treating inflammatory skin conditions. Despite its widespread dermatological use, the pharmacological actions of dapsone remain poorly understood. Here, we examined how different aspects of neutrophil functions are affect...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Strategies for Drug Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
  • Best Paper Award
60 Citations
7,391 Views
19 Pages

Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Promote Metastases of Colorectal Cancers through Activation of ERK Signaling by Releasing Neutrophil Elastase

  • Michio Okamoto,
  • Rei Mizuno,
  • Kenji Kawada,
  • Yoshiro Itatani and ,
  • Yoshiyuki Kiyasu,
  • Keita Hanada,
  • Wataru Hirata,
  • Yasuyo Nishikawa,
  • Hideyuki Masui and
  • Kazutaka Obama
  • + 9 authors+ 4 authors

Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) play important roles in host immunity, as there is increasing evidence of their contribution to the progression of several types of cancers even though their role in colorectal cancers (CRCs) remains unclear. To...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Neutrophil in Cell Biology and Diseases 2.0)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,952 Views
18 Pages

The Direct Anti-Virulence but Not Bactericidal Activity of Human Neutrophil Elastase against Moraxella catarrhalis

  • Justyna Roszkowiak,
  • Siobhán McClean,
  • Aleksandra M. Mirończuk and
  • Daria Augustyniak

Neutrophil elastase (NE) contributes to innate antibacterial defense at both the intracellular (phagocytosis) and extracellular (degranulation, NETosis) levels. Moraxella catarrhalis, a human respiratory pathogen, can exist in an inflammatory milieu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Bacterial Adaptation Strategies to the Host: From Acute, Aggressive to Chronic, Dormant Infections)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,647 Views
14 Pages

Human Neutrophil Alpha-Defensins Promote NETosis and Liver Injury in Alcohol-Related Liver Cirrhosis: Potential Therapeutic Agents

  • Anna Rycyk-Bojarzyńska,
  • Beata Kasztelan-Szczerbińska,
  • Halina Cichoż-Lach,
  • Agata Surdacka and
  • Jacek Roliński

22 February 2024

Background: Neutrophils are thought to play a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of many inflammatory diseases, such as hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, etc. Activated human neutrophils release human neutrophil peptides (HNP1-3) or alpha-defensins that are...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Updates in Liver Cirrhosis)
  • Review
  • Open Access
2,305 Views
21 Pages

Platelets as Central Modulators of Post-Cardiac Arrest Syndrome: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Implications

  • Chen-Hsu Wang,
  • Jing-Shiun Jan,
  • Chih-Hao Yang,
  • Chih-Wei Hsia and
  • Ting-Lin Yen

12 January 2026

Post-cardiac arrest syndrome (PCAS) remains a major cause of mortality and neurological impairment following successful resuscitation, yet the mechanisms linking global ischemia–reperfusion injury to microvascular and systemic dysfunction are n...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Molecular Advances in Platelet Disease, Thrombosis and Hemostasis)
  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,202 Views
15 Pages

Epigenetic Regulation of Neutrophils in ARDS

  • Jordan E. Williams,
  • Zannatul Mauya,
  • Virginia Walkup,
  • Shaquria Adderley and ,
  • Colin Evans and
  • Kiesha Wilson
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

25 July 2025

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is an inflammatory pulmonary condition that remains at alarming rates of fatality, with neutrophils playing a vital role in its pathogenesis. Beyond their classical antimicrobial functions, neutrophils contr...

(This article belongs to the Section Cell Microenvironment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
958 Views
31 Pages

Sitagliptin Modulates Functional and Phenotypic Properties of Human Neutrophils Under Normal- and High-Glucose Conditions In Vitro

  • Vanja Mališ,
  • Marija Drakul,
  • Sara Rakočević,
  • Ljiljana Kozić and ,
  • Anđela Dubovina,
  • Darinka Popović,
  • Dejan Bokonjić,
  • Dušan Mihajlović and
  • Miodrag Čolić
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

10 April 2026

Sitagliptin is a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor used to treat type 2 diabetes. However, several studies have demonstrated its anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory properties. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of sitaglip...

(This article belongs to the Section Chemical Biology)
  • Review
  • Open Access
97 Citations
12,690 Views
23 Pages

26 February 2019

Genetic defects in cystic fibrosis (CF) transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene cause CF. Infants with CFTR mutations show a peribronchial neutrophil infiltration prior to the establishment of infection in their lung. The inflammatory respons...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cystic Fibrosis: Therapy and Genetics)