| Literature DB >> 25913613 |
Christoph Georg Baums1, Maren von Köckritz-Blickwede2.
Abstract
Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) have been shown to play a crucial role in health and disease. In a recent paper in PLoS Pathogens, Halverson et al. demonstrate that the DNA backbone of NETs contributes to its antibacterial activity and serves as signal for entrapped microbes to employ immune evasion strategies.Keywords: DNA; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Staphylococcus aureus; antimicrobial activity; neutrophils
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Year: 2015 PMID： 25913613 DOI： 10.1016/j.tim.2015.04.003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Microbiol ISSN： 0966-842X Impact factor: 17.079