Dairy cattle are susceptible to increased incidence and severity of both metabolic and
infectious diseases during the periparturient period. A major contributing factor to increased …

Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) are chromatin structures loaded with antimicrobial
molecules. They can trap and kill various bacterial, fungal and protozoal pathogens, and …

Neutrophils are the first line of defense at the site of an infection. They encounter and kill
microbes intracellularly upon phagocytosis or extracellularly by degranulation of …

Neutrophils are one of the main types of effector cell in the innate immune system and were
first shown to effectively kill microorganisms by phagocytosis more than 100 years ago …

Background Multiple inducers of in vitro Neutrophil Extracellular Trap (NET) formation
(NETosis) have been described. Since there is much variation in study design and results …

Neutrophils are short-lived leukocytes that die by apoptosis, necrosis, and NETosis. Upon
death by NETosis, neutrophils release fibrous traps of DNA, histones, and granule proteins …

The release of extracellular traps (ETs) is a recently described mechanism of innate immune
response to infection. Although ETs have been intensely investigated in the context of …

Due to the intracellular nature of mycobacterial infections, little attention has been paid to the
possible extracellular role that neutrophils might play in tuberculosis. The recent discovery of …

Heterophils play an indispensable role in the immune defense of the avian host. To
accomplish this defense, heterophils use sophisticated mechanisms to both detect and …

The formation of extracellular traps (ETs) by phagocytic cells has been recognized as a
novel and important mechanism of the host innate immune response against infections. ETs …