Fig. 1: Three types of NET formation. | Cell Death & Disease

Fig. 1: Three types of NET formation.

From: The emerging roles of neutrophil extracellular traps in wound healing

Fig. 1

a The first type is classic suicidal NET formation, which is characterized by nuclear chromatin decondensation, NET release, membrane rupture, and cell death. b The second type is vital NET formation; after releasing NETs, neutrophils are intact and remain phagocytic. c The third type is mitochondrial DNA NET formation, which triggers NET formation from mitochondrial DNA but not nuclear DNA.

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