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ArticleBlood2015

P-selectin promotes neutrophil extracellular trap formation in mice.

Julia Etulain, Kimberly Martinod, Siu Ling Wong, Stephen M Cifuni, Mirta Schattner, Denisa D Wagner

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Article in Blood, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 333 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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333citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

333 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 533 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Julia EtulainLaboratory of Experimental Thrombosis, Institute of Experimental Medicine, National Scientific and Technical Research Council, National Academy of Medicine, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA;
Kimberly MartinodProgram in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; Department of Pediatrics, and Immunology Graduate Program, Division of Medical Sciences, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; and.
Siu Ling WongProgram in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; Department of Pediatrics, and.
Stephen M CifuniProgram in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA;
Mirta SchattnerLaboratory of Experimental Thrombosis, Institute of Experimental Medicine, National Scientific and Technical Research Council, National Academy of Medicine, Buenos Aires, Argentina;
Denisa D WagnerProgram in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; Department of Pediatrics, and Division of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA.
Boston Children's Hospital · USPediatrics and Genetics · US

Funding

TRANSFUSION BIOLOGY AND MEDICINET32HL066987 · NHLBI · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BOSTON · PI JOHN P MANIS · 2001 to 2026
$10.2M
Platelet adhesion to neutrophil extracellular DNA traps: role in thrombosisR01HL102101 · NHLBI · IMMUNE DISEASE INSTITUTE, INC. · PI WAGNER, DENISA D · 2011 to 2016
$2.7M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL102101NHLBI NIH HHS R01HL102101NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL066987
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) can be released in the vasculature. In addition to trapping microbes, they promote inflammatory and thrombotic diseases. Considering that P-selectin induces prothrombotic and proinflammatory signaling, we studied the role of this selectin in NET formation. NET formation (NETosis) was induced by thrombin-activated platelets rosetting with neutrophils and was inhibited by anti-P-selectin aptamer or anti-P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1 (PSGL-1) inhibitory antibody but was not induced by platelets from P-selectin(-/-) mice. Moreover, NETosis was also promoted by P-selectin-immunoglobulin fusion protein but not by control immunoglobulin. We isolated neutrophils from mice engineered to overproduce soluble P-selectin (P-selectin(ΔCT/ΔCT) mice). Although the levels of circulating DNA and nucleosomes (indicative of spontaneous NETosis) were normal in these mice, basal neutrophil histone citrullination and presence of P-selectin on circulating neutrophils were elevated. NET formation after stimulation with platelet activating factor, ionomycin, or phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate was significantly enhanced, indicating that the P-selectin(ΔCT/ΔCT) neutrophils were primed for NETosis. In summary, P-selectin, cellular or soluble, through binding to PSGL-1, promotes NETosis, suggesting that this pathway is a potential therapeutic target for NET-related diseases.

Indexed as

AnimalsBlood PlateletsExtracellular TrapsFemaleMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutPlatelet ActivationP-SelectinRecombinant Fusion ProteinsThrombosisVasculitisP-SelectinRecombinant Fusion Proteins

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PMID25979951
PMCPMC4497964
OpenAlexW1602299201

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