Neutrophil extracellular traps contain calprotectin, a cytosolic protein complex involved in host defense against Candida albicans.
Neutrophils are the first line of defense at the site of an infection. They encounter and kill microbes intracellularly upon phagocytosis or extracellularly by degranulation of antimicrobial proteins and the release of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps (NETs). NETs were shown to ensnare and kill microb...
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2009
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| Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/b0fa61adc9e5401ca66318cc3ea067f4 |
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