ArticleFrontiers in immunology2013
A proposed role for neutrophil extracellular traps in cancer immunoediting.
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- Delving into the clinical impact of NETs in pediatric cancer.Pediatric research · 2025Pooled it
- Exploring Neutrophil Extracellular Traps in Canine Soft Tissue Sarcomas: A Preliminary Study With Translational Insights.Veterinary medicine and science · 2026Article
- Sarcoma metastasis: distinct biological principles beyond the carcinoma paradigm.Cancer metastasis reviews · 2026Review
- Cell death crosstalk in NET-Driven inflammation: mechanisms, disease contexts, and therapeutic perspectives.Biomarker research · 2026Review
- Roles of neutrophil extracellular traps in cancer immunotherapy resistance and therapeutic targeting.Biomarker research · 2026Review
- Human cathelicidin peptide LL-37 compacts nucleic acids and alters neutrophil extracellular trap structure.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Proteomic landscape of Ewing sarcoma primary tumors and metastases.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Investigation of Regulation and Binding Patterns of the Human Cathelicidin Peptide LL-37 in Complexation with Nucleic Acids, and its Impact on Neutrophil Extracellular Traps.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Spatiotemporal dynamics of tumor-associated neutrophils: bridging the gap between cancer progression and immunotherapy.Molecular cancer · 2026Review
- Advances in Targeting Neutrophil Extracellular Traps as a Promising Approach for Breast Cancer Treatment.Combinatorial chemistry & high throughput screening · 2026Review
- Cationic nanoparticles with disrupting neutrophil extracellular traps inhibit the progression of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026Article
- Neutrophil extracellular traps: the hidden driver of gastrointestinal cancer and emerging therapeutic strategies.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Mechanistic and functional characterization of NETs/IL-17 as a therapeutic target in EMT and brain metastasis of lung adenocarcinoma.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- Different neutrophil extracellular trap related Ewing sarcoma subtypes exhibit distinct prognosis, and immune microenvironment characteristics.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- CitH3, a Druggable Biomarker for Human Diseases Associated with Acute NETosis and Chronic Immune Dysfunction.Pharmaceutics · 2025Review
- Plasma H3Cit-DNA Discriminates Between Cancer and Inflammation in a Cohort of Patients with Unspecific Cancer Symptoms.Inflammation · 2025Article
- The Predictive Value of Neutrophil Extracellular Trap-Related Risk Score in Prognosis and Immune Microenvironment of Colorectal Cancer Patients.Molecular biotechnology · 2025Article
- Myeloid cells are involved in tumor immunity, metastasis and metabolism in tumor microenvironment.Cell biology and toxicology · 2025Review
- [Research Progress of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps in Lung Cancer].Zhongguo fei ai za zhi = Chinese journal of lung cancer · 2025Review
- Non-classical neutrophil extracellular traps induced by PAR2-signaling proteases.Cell death & disease · 2025Article
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Abstract
Upon activation, neutrophils release fibers composed of chromatin and neutrophil proteins termed neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs). NETs trap and kill microbes, activate dendritic cells and T cells, and are implicated in autoimmune and vascular diseases. Given the growing interest in the role of neutrophils in cancer immunoediting and the diverse function of NETs, we searched for NETs release by tumor-associated neutrophils (TANs). Using pediatric Ewing sarcoma (ES) as a model, we retrospectively examined histopathological material from diagnostic biopsies of eight patients (mean ± SD age of 11.5 ± 4.7 years). TANs were found in six patients and in two of those we identified NETs. These two patients presented with metastatic disease and despite entering complete remission after intensive chemotherapy had an early relapse. NETs were not identified in the diagnostic biopsies of two patients with localized disease and two with metastatic disease. This study is the first to show that TANs in ES are activated to make NETs, pointing to a possible role of NETs in cancer.
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