New research has found a link between increased COVID-19 severity and higher blood levels of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs).
NETs usually help defeat infections, but in some COVID-19 cases, they may have something to do with disease severity. In a new study, researchers from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Northwell Health in New York City, and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, also in New York, NY, have made a discovery that could help advance scientists’ knowledge about how COVID-19 progresses.
Their study paper, which appears in the journal JCI Insight, reports a link between experiencing a severe form of COVID-19 and having increased levels of NETs in the blood.