An Immune Response, NETs, Is Hyperactive in COVID-19 Patients Who Are the Most Sick (IMAGE)

University of Utah Health

An Immune Response, NETs, Is Hyperactive in COVID-19 Patients Who Are the Most Sick

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University of Utah Health critical care specialist Elizabeth Middleton, MD, treats patients with COVID-19 in the intensive care unit. A research team including Middleton has found that a phenomenon called NETosis--in which infection-fighting cells emit a web-like substance to trap invading viruses--is part of an immune response that becomes increasingly hyperactive in people on ventilators and people who die from the disease.

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Lauren Moulton

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