Self-sustaining IL-8 loops drive a prothrombotic neutrophil phenotype in severe COVID-19

Neutrophils provide a critical line of defense in immune responses to various pathogens, inflicting self-damage upon transition to a hyperactivated, procoagulant state. Recent work has highlighted proinflammatory neutrophil phenotypes contributing to lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndro...

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Main Authors: Rainer Kaiser, Alexander Leunig, Kami Pekayvaz, Oliver Popp, Markus Joppich, Vivien Polewka, Raphael Escaig, Afra Anjum, Marie-Louise Hoffknecht, Christoph Gold, Sophia Brambs, Anouk Engel, Sven Stockhausen, Viktoria Knottenberg, Anna Titova, Mohamed Haji, Clemens Scherer, Maximilian Muenchhoff, Johannes C. Hellmuth, Kathrin Saar, Benjamin Schubert, Anne Hilgendorff, Christian Schulz, Stefan Kääb, Ralf Zimmer, Norbert Hübner, Steffen Massberg, Philipp Mertins, Leo Nicolai, Konstantin Stark
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Clinical investigation 2021-09-01
Series:JCI Insight
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.150862