Autophagy mediates the delivery of thrombogenic tissue factor to neutrophil extracellular traps in human sepsis.

BACKGROUND: Sepsis is associated with systemic inflammatory responses and induction of coagulation system. Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) constitute an antimicrobial mechanism, recently implicated in thrombosis via platelet entrapment and aggregation. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: In this s...

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Main Authors: Konstantinos Kambas, Ioannis Mitroulis, Eirini Apostolidou, Andreas Girod, Akrivi Chrysanthopoulou, Ioannis Pneumatikos, Panagiotis Skendros, Ioannis Kourtzelis, Maria Koffa, Ioannis Kotsianidis, Konstantinos Ritis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3446899?pdf=render