Sentences with phrase «extracellular fiber networks»

In severe sepsis, extracellular histones originate from a large number of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs, extracellular fiber networks that snare pathogens and are mostly comprised of DNA from white blood cells), or various damaged cells.

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Further experiments suggested that the production of high levels of cell wall - associated GAG makes A. fumigatus more resistant than A. nidulans to neutrophil killing by neutrophil extracellular traps, or NETs (NETs are are networks of extracellular fibers, composed of DNA and proteins secreted by immune cells called neutrophils, that bind and trap various pathogens).