Novel role of DNA in neutrophil extracellular traps

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 330-331

  Baums, Christoph Georg ^a   von Köckritz Blickwede, Maren ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; DNA; Neutrophils; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37; DNA; HISTONE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

BACTERIAL CLEARANCE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTRACELLULAR TRAP; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE EVASION; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SHORT SURVEY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; NEUTROPHIL;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DNA; EXTRACELLULAR TRAPS; HUMANS; NEUTROPHILS;

EID: 84930927458     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: 18784380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2015.04.003     Document Type: Short Survey

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