One of the ways in which the immune cells known as neutrophils attack pathogens is to release structures called neutrophil extracellular traps into the intracellular environment. These traps can disable pathogens, but like much of the activity of the immune system, too much of a good thing becomes harmful. Excessive neutrophil generation of traps in the aged tissue environment promotes chronic inflammation, and here researchers focus specific on the consequences of this activity in the vasculature, where it promotes the onset of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wik…
Reducing the Presence of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps as an Approach to Treat Vascular Aging
One of the ways in which the immune cells known as neutrophils attack pathogens is to release structures called neutrophil extracellular traps into the intracellular environment. These traps can disable pathogens, but like much of the activity of the immune system, too much of a good thing becomes harmful. Excessive neutrophil generation of traps in the aged tissue environment promotes chronic inflammation, and here researchers focus specific on the consequences of this activity in the vasculature, where it promotes the onset of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wik…