Neutrophil Extracellular Traps in Cigarette Smoke (IMAGE)

Umea University

Neutrophil Extracellular Traps in Cigarette Smoke

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The image illustrates how smoke from a cigarette transforms to neutrophil extracellular traps which eventually reach blood vessels. The fibril meshwork depicted in red is taken from a microscopic image of activated neutrophils that have released NETs. Each fibre is one or more strands of DNA loaded with antimicrobial enzymes and inflammatory molecules

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Ava Hosseinzadeh, Umeå University

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