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ReviewClinical reviews in allergy & immunology2021

A Review of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps (NETs) in Disease: Potential Anti-NETs Therapeutics.

Victoria Mutua, Laurel J Gershwin

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In one paragraph

Review in Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 400 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
400citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
20.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

400 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 569 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Itaconate alleviates LPS-induced septic liver injury by regulating ROS-PAD4-mediated macrophages extracellular traps through Nrf2.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2026
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  18. MMP8 Promotes NETosis in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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340 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Victoria MutuaDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, 1 Shields Ave, Davis, CA, USA. vnmutua@ucdavis.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8430-4612
Laurel J GershwinDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, 1 Shields Ave, Davis, CA, USA.
University of California, Davis · US

Funding

Comparative Medical Science Training ProgramT32OD011147 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI JEROEN SAEIJ, Sara Michelle Thomasy · 2012 to 2026
$5.5M
National Institute of Food and Agriculture USDA NIFA- grant #2016-11003NIH HHS T32 OD011147UC Davis Comparative Medical Science Training Program NIH:T32 OD011147
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Activated neutrophils release neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) in response to a variety of stimuli. NETosis is driven by protein-arginine deiminase type 4, with the release of intracellular granule components that function by capturing and destroying microbes, including viral, fungal, bacterial, and protozoal pathogens. The positive effects of pathogen control are countered by pro-inflammatory effects as demonstrated in a variety of diseases. Components of NETS are non-specific, and other than controlling microbes, they cause injury to surrounding tissue by themselves or by increasing the pro-inflammatory response. NETs can play a role in enhancement of the inflammation seen in autoimmune diseases including psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, and systemic lupus erythematosis. In addition, autoinflammatory diseases such as gout have been associated with NETosis. Inhibition of NETs may decrease the severity of many diseases improving survival. Herein, we describe NETosis in different diseases focusing on the detrimental effect of NETs and outline possible therapeutics that can be used to mitigate netosis. There is a need for more studies and clinical trials on these and other compounds that could prevent or destroy NETs, thereby decreasing damage to patients.

Indexed as

AnimalsArthritis, RheumatoidAutoimmune DiseasesExtracellular TrapsHumansLupus Erythematosus, SystemicNeutrophilsPsoriasisAnti-NETsNETsNeutrophil extracellular trapsPAD4Therapeutics

Identifiers

PMID32740860
PMCPMC7395212
OpenAlexW3046314728

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