Xin-Yuan Zhao

Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) and pulmonary fibrosis: Mechanisms and implications.

Pulmonary fibrosis is a fatal interstitial lung disease characterized by excessive fibroblast proliferation and aberrant deposition of extracellular matrix (ECM), ultimately leading to structural lung destruction and respiratory failure. Neutrophils, as key effector cells of innate immunity, have been increasingly reco...