The NET Effect of Neutrophils during Helminth Infection

Darine W El-Naccache; Fei Chen; Neil Chen; William C Gause

doi:10.1016/j.chom.2020.01.013

The NET Effect of Neutrophils during Helminth Infection

Cell Host Microbe. 2020 Feb 12;27(2):165-168. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2020.01.013.

Authors

Darine W El-Naccache¹, Fei Chen¹, Neil Chen¹, William C Gause²

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¹ Center for Immunity and Inflammation and Department of Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers Biomedical Health Sciences, Newark, NJ 07103, USA.
² Center for Immunity and Inflammation and Department of Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers Biomedical Health Sciences, Newark, NJ 07103, USA. Electronic address: gausewc@njms.rutgers.edu.

Abstract

Recent studies show that neutrophils mediate both tissue damage and host protection in response to multicellular parasites. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Bouchery et al. demonstrate the importance of neutrophil extracellular traps in helminth damage after primary infections.

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Ancylostomatoidea
Animals
Deoxyribonucleases
Extracellular Traps*
Neutrophils

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Deoxyribonucleases
deoxyribonuclease A

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