Neutrophil extracellular traps in breast cancer and beyond: current perspectives on NET stimuli, thrombosis and metastasis, and clinical utility for diagnosis and treatment
Abstract The formation of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs), known as NETosis, was first observed as a novel immune response to bacterial infection, but has since been found to occur abnormally in a variety of other inflammatory disease states including cancer. Breast cancer is the most commonly...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-12-01
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Series: | Breast Cancer Research |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13058-019-1237-6 |