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ArticleScientific reports2018

Neutrophil extracellular trap-microparticle complexes enhance thrombin generation via the intrinsic pathway of coagulation in mice.

Yongzhi Wang, Lingtao Luo, Oscar Ö Braun, Johannes Westman, Raed Madhi, Heiko Herwald, Matthias Mörgelin, Henrik Thorlacius

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 88 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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88citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

88 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 134 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 3 countries.

Yongzhi WangDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Malmö, Section for Surgery, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Lingtao LuoDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Malmö, Section for Surgery, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Oscar Ö BraunDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Lund, Section of Cardiology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Johannes WestmanDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Lund, Division of Infection Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Raed MadhiDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Malmö, Section for Surgery, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Heiko HerwaldDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Lund, Division of Infection Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-8111-2842
Matthias MörgelinDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Lund, Division of Infection Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Henrik ThorlaciusDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Malmö, Section for Surgery, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. henrik.thorlacius@med.lu.se.
Lund University · SE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Abdominal sepsis is associated with dysfunctional hemostasis. Thrombin generation (TG) is a rate-limiting step in systemic coagulation. Neutrophils can expell neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) and/or microparticles (MPs) although their role in pathological coagulation remains elusive. Cecal ligation and puncture (CLP)-induced TG in vivo was reflected by a reduced capacity of plasma from septic animals to generate thrombin. Depletion of neutrophils increased TG in plasma from CLP mice. Sepsis was associated with increased histone 3 citrullination in neutrophils and plasma levels of cell-free DNA and DNA-histone complexes and administration of DNAse not only eliminated NET formation but also elevated TG in sepsis. Isolated NETs increased TG and co-incubation with DNAse abolished NET-induced formation of thrombin. TG triggered by NETs was inhibited by blocking factor XII and abolished in factor XII-deficient plasma but intact in factor VII-deficient plasma. Activation of neutrophils simultaneously generated large amount of neutrophil-derived MPs, which were found to bind to NETs via histone-phosphatidylserine interactions. These findings show for the first time that NETs and MPs physically interact, and that NETs might constitute a functional assembly platform for MPs. We conclude that NET-MP complexes induce TG via the intrinsic pathway of coagulation and that neutrophil-derived MPs play a key role in NET-dependent coagulation.

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Blood CoagulationParticle SizeAnimalsExtracellular TrapsHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLTetradecanoylphorbol AcetateThrombinTetradecanoylphorbol AcetateThrombin

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PMID29507382
PMCPMC5838234
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