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Nicotine induces neutrophil extracellular traps
Author(s) -
Hosseinzadeh Ava,
Thompson Paul R.,
Segal Brahm H.,
Urban Constantin F.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of leukocyte biology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.819
H-Index - 191
eISSN - 1938-3673
pISSN - 0741-5400
DOI - 10.1189/jlb.3ab0815-379rr
Subject(s) - neutrophil extracellular traps , nicotine , biology , inflammation , receptor , extracellular , addiction , pharmacology , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , neuroscience , biochemistry
Nicotine induces neutrophils to release DNA traps via activation of Akt, but independently of NADPH oxidase.