Neutrophils Forming NETs (IMAGE)

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Neutrophils Forming NETs

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Part of the body's immune system, neutrophils detect bacteria and can expel their DNA (see arrows) to attack the bacteria with a gauzy web of DNA laced with toxic enzymes, called a NET.

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Egeblad lab/CSHL

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