Talk:Neutrophil extracellular traps

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I am not sure why this article previously received only a "C" rating. My understanding is that this would be because "the article is substantial, but is still missing important content or contains a lot of irrelevant material". This is a very new, but burgeoning field. As such, this article covers almost everything thing that is known about NETs.

The importance of NETs may also be underestimated on Wikipedia. It has long been known that neutrophils (our front-line of defence against infection) use two strategies: engulfment of microbes and secretion of anti-microbial. We now know that they use a third strategy: release of NETs. This is now taught on final-year undergraduate immunology courses.

JustAnotherKinase (talk) 21:14, 5 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Sadly, I've moved this back down to "C" as it's slowly gone a bit out of date. T.Shafee(Evo &#38; Evo)talk 02:06, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

Went ahead and introduced a few sections into the article and began to fill in the NETosis section. I feel that there is ample room to expand on the NET-associated host damage section and it may be worth further dividing that section into categories (autoimmune, vascular, and inflammatory disorders) to better organize and parcel information. I would appreciate some input on the changes I've made so far and additional suggestions on how to improve the article. Taquechel.k (talk) 18:10, 23 June 2017 (UTC)

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History
A small history subsection would be useful, in particular WHEN NETs were first discovered. 2A02:8388:1600:A200:3AD5:47FF:FE18:CC7F (talk) 00:47, 18 February 2022 (UTC)