NETworking with cancer: The bidirectional interplay between cancer and neutrophil extracellular traps

JM Adrover, SAC McDowell, XY He, DF Quail… - Cancer Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Neutrophils are major effectors and regulators of the immune system. They play critical roles
not only in the eradication of pathogens but also in cancer initiation and progression …

Neutrophil intrinsic and extrinsic regulation of NETosis in health and disease

V Poli, I Zanoni - Trends in microbiology, 2023 - cell.com
Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) evolved to protect the host against microbial infections
and are formed by a web-like structure of DNA that is decorated with antimicrobial effectors …

IL-1β+ macrophages fuel pathogenic inflammation in pancreatic cancer

N Caronni, F La Terza, FM Vittoria, G Barbiera… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a lethal disease with high resistance to
therapies. Inflammatory and immunomodulatory signals co-exist in the pancreatic tumour …

Macrophage and neutrophil heterogeneity at single-cell spatial resolution in human inflammatory bowel disease

A Garrido-Trigo, AM Corraliza, M Veny, I Dotti… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease are chronic inflammatory intestinal diseases with
perplexing heterogeneity in disease manifestation and response to treatment. While the …

Strategies of neutrophil diversification

M Palomino-Segura, J Sicilia, I Ballesteros… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Neutrophils are formidable defenders. Their vast numbers, constant production, high
cytotoxicity and capacity to produce extracellular traps, underlie their ability to efficiently …

Immunosuppressive reprogramming of neutrophils by lung mesenchymal cells promotes breast cancer metastasis

Z Gong, Q Li, J Shi, P Li, L Hua, LD Shultz… - Science immunology, 2023 - science.org
Neutrophils, the most abundant innate immune cells, function as crucial regulators of the
adaptive immune system in diverse pathological conditions, including metastatic cancer …

Dysbiosis of a microbiota–immune metasystem in critical illness is associated with nosocomial infections

J Schlechte, AZ Zucoloto, I Yu, CJ Doig, MJ Dunbar… - Nature Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Critically ill patients in intensive care units experience profound alterations of their gut
microbiota that have been linked to a high risk of hospital-acquired (nosocomial) infections …

Deterministic reprogramming of neutrophils within tumors

MSF Ng, I Kwok, L Tan, C Shi, D Cerezo-Wallis, Y Tan… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Neutrophils are increasingly recognized as key players in the tumor immune response and
are associated with poor clinical outcomes. Despite recent advances characterizing the …

Age-induced alterations of granulopoiesis generate atypical neutrophils that aggravate stroke pathology

GS Gullotta, D De Feo, E Friebel, A Semerano… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Aging accounts for increased risk and dismal outcome of ischemic stroke. Here, we
investigated the impact of age-related changes in the immune system on stroke. Upon …

Neutrophils in physiology and pathology

A Aroca-Crevillén, T Vicanolo, S Ovadia… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Infections, cardiovascular disease, and cancer are major causes of disease and death
worldwide. Neutrophils are inescapably associated with each of these health concerns, by …