Amyloid fibrils trigger the release of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs), causing fibril fragmentation by NET-associated elastase.

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Published in J Biol Chem on August 23, 2012

Authors

Estefania P C Azevedo1, Anderson B Guimarães-Costa, Guilherme S Torezani, Carolina A Braga, Fernando L Palhano, Jeffery W Kelly, Elvira M Saraiva, Debora Foguel

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1: Instituto de Bioquímica Médica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 21941-590, Brazil.

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