Latest Research

New findings on neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils from primary literature and preprint servers, newest first.

2026-09-09 · Blood 2020
Neutrophil extracellular traps contribute to immunothrombosis in COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Middleton et al. NETs and immunothrombosis in COVID-19 ARDS.

2026-09-09 · Science 2016
Trained immunity: A program of innate immune memory in health and disease.

Netea et al. general review of innate immune memory; not specific to granulocytes.

2026-09-09 · Cancer Cell 2009
Polarization of tumor-associated neutrophil phenotype by TGF-beta: "N1" versus "N2" TAN.

Fridlender et al. propose TGF-beta driven N1 and N2 tumor-associated neutrophil states in mice; framework contested.

2026-09-09 · Science 2019
Protein crystallization promotes type 2 immunity and is reversible by antibody treatment.

Persson et al. Charcot-Leyden crystals of galectin-10 promote type 2 inflammation; antibodies dissolve them.

2026-09-10 · Allergy 2026
Non-Releasers in the Basophil Activation Test: A Roadmap for the Correct Reporting and Interpretation.

Ebo et al. on reporting basophil activation test results when basophils do not respond.

2026-09-09 · Frontiers in Immunology 2026
Editorial: The role of neutrophil extracellular traps formation in tumor microenvironment, from basic research to clinical applications

Editorial introducing a research topic on NETs in the tumor microenvironment.

2026-09-09 · Current Neuropharmacology 2026
Neutrophil Extracellular Traps in Central Nervous System Diseases.

Zhu et al. review NETs in CNS disease; human mechanistic evidence thin.

2026-09-09 · Molecular Medicine Reports 2026
Research progress on neutrophil extracellular traps in sepsis-induced coagulopathy (Review).

Hu et al. review NETs as drivers of sepsis-induced coagulopathy.

2026-09-09 · Frontiers in Immunology 2026
Neutrophil extracellular traps: the hidden driver of gastrointestinal cancer and emerging therapeutic strategies

Zhou et al. review NETs in gastrointestinal cancer; single source.

2026-09-09 · Nature Reviews Cancer 2025
Neutrophil extracellular traps in cancer

Shahzad et al. review of NET roles across tumor types.

2026-09-09 · Frontiers in Immunology 2026
Neutrophil extracellular traps as a potential therapeutic target in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Systematic review and meta-analysis of NETs in IBD.

2026-09-09 · Hepatology Communications 2026
Neutrophil extracellular traps: A central player in liver diseases.

Wang et al. review NETs across liver diseases.

2026-09-10 · J Pathol 2026
From atherosclerosis to reperfusion injury: a comprehensive review of neutrophil extracellular traps across the spectrum of coronary heart disease.

Hu et al. review NETs from atherosclerosis through reperfusion injury in coronary heart disease.

2026-09-10 · J Transl Med 2026
Neutrophil extracellular traps in colorectal cancer: context-dependent roles from inflammatory carcinogenesis to liver metastasis and therapeutic targeting.

Xu et al. review NETs in colorectal cancer, from inflammation-driven tumor formation to liver metastasis.

2026-09-10 · Eur Respir J 2026
Blood eosinophils: questioning what we call "normal".

Gupta et al. editorial on where the normal blood eosinophil range should sit; opinion, not data.

2026-09-10 · Sci Adv 2026
Sequential clearance of neutrophil extracellular traps for precision therapy of sepsis.

Wang et al. propose clearing NETs in sequence as a sepsis therapy strategy.

2026-09-10 · Sci Transl Med 2026
Sustained neutrophil extracellular traps cause fracture nonunion.

Xie et al. report that persistent NETs cause fractures to fail to heal.

2026-09-10 · Cancer Res 2026
Chemotherapy Reawakens Dormant Disseminated Pancreatic Cancer Cells in the Liver by Promoting Senescent Hepatocyte-Induced Neutrophil Extracellular Traps.

Shi et al. report chemotherapy-induced senescent hepatocytes trigger NETs that reawaken dormant pancreatic cancer cells in the liver.

2026-09-11 · Int J Womens Health 2026
Elevated Neutrophil Count as a Causal Risk Factor for Endometriosis: A Mendelian Randomization Study.

Li et al. use Mendelian randomization to argue elevated neutrophil count causally raises endometriosis risk; single MR study, replication needed.

2026-09-11 · Int Immunopharmacol 2026
Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) and pulmonary fibrosis: Mechanisms and implications.

Chen et al. review how NETs drive fibroblast activation and collagen deposition in pulmonary fibrosis.

2026-09-11 · Gut 2026
S1P-TREM2 axis protects immunosuppressive neutrophils from ferroptosis to promote tumour progression in hepatocellular carcinoma.

Ma et al. show that sphingosine-1-phosphate via TREM2 protects immunosuppressive tumor-associated neutrophils from ferroptosis, sustaining HCC immune evasion.

2026-09-11 · Cancer Commun 2026
Neutrophil senescence induced by tumor-derived HMGB1 promotes hepatocellular carcinoma via NET-mediated CD8+ T cell suppression.

Aged neutrophils recruited to the tumor microenvironment suppress CD8+ T cell immunity through NET formation, driven by HMGB1 released by HCC cells.

2026-09-11 · Cancer Lett 2026
Visualizing and targeting tumor-associated neutrophils: advanced imaging, therapeutic reprogramming, and cell-based delivery.

Review of imaging strategies and therapeutic approaches to reprogram tumor-associated neutrophils (TANs) in precision oncology.

2026-09-11 · Cell Rep Med 2026
Neutrophil elastase-mediated myoepithelial loss is a therapeutic vulnerability in ductal carcinoma in situ progression.

Neutrophils degrade the myoepithelial layer via elastase release, facilitating DCIS-to-invasive transition; elastase inhibition is proposed as a target.

2026-09-11 · Mol Biol Rep 2026
Immunometabolic crosstalk in gallstone disease: driving roles of bacterial infection, NETs and MMP activation.

Review links bacterial infection, NET formation, and MMP-9 activation in the pathogenesis of cholelithiasis.

2026-09-12 · J Invest Dermatol 2026
Lesional hair lipidomic signatures reveal ARA-LTB4 pathway activation and NETs formation in hidradenitis suppurativa.

Hair follicle lipidome in hidradenitis suppurativa shows arachidonic acid/LTB4 pathway activation and neutrophil NET formation in inflamed skin.

2026-09-12 · Int Immunopharmacol 2026
Melatonin ameliorates heatstroke-induced liver injury by inhibiting neutrophil recruitment and differentiation.

Melatonin reduces neutrophil recruitment and maturation to liver in a heatstroke model, limiting hepatic injury; mechanism involves single-cell transcriptomic characterization of the neutrophil response.

2026-09-13 · Redox Biol 2026
Macrophage SELENOP controls neutrophil homeostasis through redox stress regulation in Crohn's disease.

Macrophage-derived selenoprotein P (SELENOP) functions as a redox checkpoint in macrophage-neutrophil crosstalk during Crohn's disease. Neutrophil accumulation and oxidative injury are prominent features.

2026-09-13 · FASEB J 2026
Deubiquitinase USP48 promotes gastric cancer peritoneal metastasis by stabilizing S100A9 to induce NETs.

USP48 stabilizes S100A9 in cancer cells to induce NET formation; NETs facilitate peritoneal metastasis in gastric cancer. Identifies a cancer-cell-to-neutrophil axis driving NET release.