NETched in Stone

Liam J O'Neil; Mariana J Kaplan

doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2019.08.015

NETched in Stone

Immunity. 2019 Sep 17;51(3):413-414. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2019.08.015.

Authors

Liam J O'Neil¹, Mariana J Kaplan²

Affiliations

¹ Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
² Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. Electronic address: mariana.kaplan@nih.gov.

Abstract

Gallstone formation in adults is a common, yet incompletely understood disease process. In this issue, Muñoz et al. (2019) report a pathogenic link between neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) and the formation of gallstones.

Published by Elsevier Inc.

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MeSH terms

Adult
Extracellular Traps*
Gallstones*
Humans
Neutrophils

Grants and funding

ZIA AR041199/ImNIH/Intramural NIH HHS/United States