Of Amoebae and Men: Extracellular DNA Traps as an Ancient Cell-Intrinsic Defense Mechanism

Social amoebae trap and kill bacteria by casting DNA nets

(2016) Xuezhi Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

SK3 channel and mitochondrial ROS mediate NADPH oxidase-independent NETosis induced by calcium influx

(2015) David Nobuhiro Douda et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Invertebrate extracellular phagocyte traps show that chromatin is an ancient defence weapon

(2014) Calum T. Robb et al.   Nature Communications

Root border cells and secretions as critical elements in plant host defense

(2013) Azeddine Driouich et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Plant Callus: Mechanisms of Induction and Repression

(2013) M. Ikeuchi et al.   PLANT CELL

Evolution of the Ferric Reductase Domain (FRD) Superfamily: Modularity, Functional Diversification, and Signature Motifs

(2013) Xuezhi Zhang et al.   PLoS One

Staphylococcus aureus Degrades Neutrophil Extracellular Traps to Promote Immune Cell Death

(2013) V. Thammavongsa et al.   SCIENCE

The expanding world of extracellular traps: not only neutrophils but much more

(2013) Oliver Goldmann et al.   Frontiers in Immunology

Requirements for NADPH oxidase and myeloperoxidase in neutrophil extracellular trap formation differ depending on the stimulus

(2012) Heather Parker et al.   JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY

Diversity, stability and resilience of the human gut microbiota

(2012) Catherine A. Lozupone et al.   NATURE

Infection-induced NETosis is a dynamic process involving neutrophil multitasking in vivo

(2012) Bryan G Yipp et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Singlet oxygen is essential for neutrophil extracellular trap formation

(2011) Yoko Nishinaka et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and the Neutrophil

(2011) Xavier Bosch   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Extracellular DNA: The tip of root defenses?

(2011) Martha C. Hawes et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

The intestinal epithelial barrier in the control of homeostasis and immunity

(2011) Maria Rescigno   TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY

A Novel Mechanism of Rapid Nuclear Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Formation in Response to Staphylococcus aureus

(2010) F. H. Pilsczek et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Molecular characterization of the evolution of phagosomes

(2010) Jonathan Boulais et al.   Molecular Systems Biology

Extracellular DNA traps promote thrombosis

(2010) T. A. Fuchs et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Impaired neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) formation: a novel innate immune deficiency of human neonates

(2009) C. C. Yost et al.   BLOOD

Viable neutrophils release mitochondrial DNA to form neutrophil extracellular traps

(2009) S Yousefi et al.   CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION

Eat, kill or die: when amoeba meets bacteria

(2008) Pierre Cosson et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Catapult-like release of mitochondrial DNA by eosinophils contributes to antibacterial defense

(2008) Shida Yousefi et al.   NATURE MEDICINE