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Vitamin C: A Novel Regulator of Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Formation

Introduction: Neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) formation was recently identified as a novel mechanism to kill pathogens. However, excessive NET formation in sepsis can injure host tissues. We have recently shown that parenteral vitamin C (VitC) is protective in sepsis. Whether VitC alters NETosis...

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Autores principales: Mohammed, Bassem M., Fisher, Bernard J., Kraskauskas, Donatas, Farkas, Daniela, Brophy, Donald F., Fowler, Alpha A., Natarajan, Ramesh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3775246/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23939536
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu5083131