NEUTROPHIL EXTRACELLULAR TRAPS IN THE AUTOIMMUNITY CONTEXT

Neutrophil Extracellular Traps in the Autoimmunity Context

The formation of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) is a strategy utilized by neutrophils for capturing infective agents.Extracellular traps consist in a physical net made of DNA and intracellular proteins externalized from neutrophils, where bacteria and viruses are entrapped and killed by proteolysis.A complex series of events contributes to a

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Proteotranscriptomic Analysis and Toxicity Assay Suggest the Functional Distinction between Venom Gland Chambers in Twin-Spotted Assassin Bug, Platymeris biguttatus

Assassin bugs use their salivary venoms for various purposes, including defense, prey paralyzation, and extra-oral digestion, but the mechanisms underlying the functional complexity of the venom remain largely unclear.Since venom glands are composed of several chambers, it is suggested that individual chambers may be specialized to produce chemical

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Toward a Universal Dependencies Treebank of Old English: Representing the Morphological Relatedness of Un-Derivatives

This article deals with one of the aspects involved in the compilation of a treebank of Old English within the framework of Universal Dependencies.More specifically, this study addresses the question of how to account for the remarkable degree of Old English morphological relatedness in a type of treebank designed to stress syntactic similarities a

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