ArticleBiomedicines2020
Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Impair Intestinal Barrier Function during Experimental Colitis.
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62 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 88 citations in OpenAlex.
- Neutrophil extracellular traps as a potential therapeutic target in inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Pooled it
- The predictive role of peripheral serum inflammatory markers NLR, PLR, and LMR in ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Pooled it
- Ethanol, acetaldehyde, lipopolysaccharide, and neutrophil extracellular traps: four-pronged attack on gut epithelial barrier in alcohol use disorder.Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007) · 2026Review
- Identification of IL1RN, MUC1, and SERPINA1 as key NET-related biomarkers in ulcerative colitis-associated intestinal fibrosis via bioinformatics and experimental validation.BMC gastroenterology · 2026Article
- Neutrophil extracellular traps in colorectal cancer: context-dependent roles from inflammatory carcinogenesis to liver metastasis and therapeutic targeting.Journal of translational medicine · 2026Review
- Interleukin-8 in health and disease.Molecular biomedicine · 2026Review
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- A Review on the Molecular Dynamics of EnterotypeInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Neutrophil Extracellular Traps and Intestinal Diseases: A Narrative Review.Gastroenterology research and practice · 2026Review
- Bidirectional Crosstalk Between Intestinal Epithelium and Immune Microenvironment in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Implications.Journal of inflammation research · 2026Review
- Myeloid control of dendritic cell priming after mechanical HIFU in colorectal cancer: implications for PD-1/PD-L1 blockade.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- NEAT1 modulates neutrophil functions via glycolysis to restrain mucosal inflammation in ulcerative colitis.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- The Paradox of NET Involvement in the Pathogenesis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease.Inflammatory bowel diseases · 2026Review
- Peptidylarginine deiminase 2 contributes to pathogenesis in trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid-induced colitis through macrophage extracellular trap-independent pathways.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Bacteroides Fragilis-Derived Outer Membrane Vesicles Deliver MiR-5119 and Alleviate Colitis by Targeting PD-L1 to Inhibit GSDMD-Mediated Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Formation.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- Lactobacillus johnsonii alleviates experimental colitis by restoring intestinal barrier function and reducing NET-mediated gut-liver inflammation.Communications biology · 2025Article
- Current and Emerging Autoantibodies in Ulcerative Colitis.European journal of immunology · 2025Review
- Neutrophils and NETs in Pathophysiology and Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- CitH3, a Druggable Biomarker for Human Diseases Associated with Acute NETosis and Chronic Immune Dysfunction.Pharmaceutics · 2025Review
- Gut microbiota from voluntary exercised mice protects the intestinal barrier by inhibiting neutrophil extracellular trap formation.iScience · 2025Article
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Abstract
Aberrant neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) formation and the loss of barrier integrity in inflamed intestinal tissues have long been associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). However, whether NETs alter intestinal epithelium permeability during colitis remains elusive. Here, we demonstrated that NETs promote the breakdown in intestinal barrier function for the pathogenesis of intestinal inflammation in mouse models of colitis. NETs were abundant in the colon of mice with colitis experimentally induced by dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) or 2,4,6-trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS). Analysis of the intestinal barrier integrity revealed that NETs impaired gut permeability, enabling the initiation of luminal bacterial translocation and inflammation. Furthermore, NETs induced the apoptosis of epithelial cells and disrupted the integrity of tight junctions and adherens junctions. Intravenous administration of DNase I, an enzyme that dissolves the web-like DNA filaments of NETs, during colitis restored the mucosal barrier integrity which reduced the dissemination of luminal bacteria and attenuated intestinal inflammation in both DSS and TNBS models. We conclude that NETs serve a detrimental factor in the gut epithelial barrier function leading to the pathogenesis of mucosal inflammation during acute colitis.
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