filamentous

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NETs are produced through a specialised form of innate immune response known as NETosis, whereby neutrophils expel their DNA to form filamentous structures embedded with cytotoxic enzymes capable of rapidly trapping and neutralizing pathogens.

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Fertilization in mammals begins when a sperm attaches to the egg coat, a filamentous extracellular envelope that sperm must penetrate in order to fuse with the egg.

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Her research aims to use injected filamentous hydrogel material to regrow heart tissue damaged after a heart attack.

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To maintain this protection, the study noted that segmented filamentous bacteria required immune cells in the lungs called basally resident alveolar macrophages.

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Their results revise the understanding of the relationships of a group of filamentous algal land colonizers much older than land plants.

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