ACTA VETERINARIA ET ZOOTECHNICA SINICA ›› 2016, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (9): 1768-1774.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2016.09.004

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Research Progress on Extracellular Traps:the Third kinds of Defence Mechanisms of Innate Immune Cells

LIAO Cheng-shui 1,3,BOIREAU Pascal 2,LIU Ming-yuan3,CHENG Xiang-chao1*   

  1. (1.Animal Disease and Public Security Academician Workstation of Henan Province/The Key Lab of Animal Disease and Public Health,Henan University of Science and Technology,Luoyang 471003,China;2.Laboratory for Animal Health,ANSES,Maisons-Alfort 94706,France;3.Key Laboratory of Zoonisis of Ministry of Education,Institute of Zoonosis,Jilin University,Changchun 130062,China)
  • Received:2016-04-20 Online:2016-09-23 Published:2016-09-23

Abstract:

Extracellular traps (ETs),composed of DNA and granular proteins,act as a sort of new innate immune phagocytosis-independent extracellular defense mechanism which was discovered in recent years.As the third killing mechanisms of innate immune cells after phagocytosis and autophagocytosis,ETs can ensnare varied kinds of invading microbes inducing bacteria,virus,fungi,and protozoa to prevent local diffusion and kill them in vitro,and also in vivo.In this review,we will briefly describe the recent progress of the concept and molecular mechanism of ETs,and its role in host defense.This review has substantial significance on the new understanding of defense strategy in innate immune cells.

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