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Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Affecting Cardiovascular Health in Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases.

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Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) are web-like structures of decondensed extracellular chromatin fibers and neutrophil granule proteins released by neutrophils.
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Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) are web-like structures of decondensed extracellular chromatin fibers and neutrophil granule proteins released by neutrophils. NETs participate in host immune defense by entrapping pathogens. They are pro-inflammatory in function, and they act as an initiator of vascular coagulopathies by providing a platform for the attachment of various coagulatory proteins. NETs are diverse in their ability to alter physiological and pathological processes including infection and inflammation. In this review, we will summarize recent findings on the role of NETs in bacterial/viral infections associated with vascular inflammation, thrombosis, atherosclerosis and autoimmune disorders. Understanding the complex role of NETs in bridging infection and chronic inflammation as well as discussing important questions related to their contribution to pathologies outlined above may pave the way for future research on therapeutic targeting of NETs applicable to specific infections and inflammatory disorders.

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Roles of PAD4 and NETosis in Experimental Atherosclerosis and Arterial Injury: Implications for Superficial Erosion

TL;DR: Results indicate that PAD4 from bone marrow-derived cells and NETs do not influence chronic experimental atherogenesis, but participate causally in acute thrombotic complications of intimal lesions that recapitulate features of superficial erosion.
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In vitro activation of coagulation by human neutrophil DNA and histone proteins but not neutrophil extracellular traps.

TL;DR: It is concluded that unlike DNA or individual histone proteins, human intact NETs do not directly initiate or amplify coagulation in vitro.
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Blood coagulation in immunothrombosis-At the frontline of intravascular immunity.

TL;DR: The cellular and molecular events that initiate fibrin formation during the innate immune response are summarized and how aberrant activation of these pathways fosters pathologies associated with thrombosis are discussed, including disseminated intravascular coagulation and atherothromBosis.
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