NETs Associate with Small Blood Clots (IMAGE)

University of Utah Health

NETs Associate with Small Blood Clots

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Photomicrographs of human lung tissue taken from a patient who died of COVID-19. These are examples of the Neutrophil Extracellular Trap (NET) structures associated with small blood clots. Small blood vessels are outlined with yellow dotted lines, and NETs are identified by the presence of neutrophils (in gray), altered DNA-associated proteins (green). Platelets in the blood clots are in red. Blue color stains DNA in all cells.

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Xue-Yan He and David Ng, Egeblad Lab/Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

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