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Strategies of neutrophil diversification
Summary
Researchers reviewed the expanding functional repertoire of neutrophils — the most abundant white blood cells — arguing that beyond infection defense, they participate in tissue homeostasis and chronic disease through transcriptional diversification strategies that allow functional specialization across different tissue environments.
Neutrophils are formidable defenders. Their vast numbers, constant production, high cytotoxicity and capacity to produce extracellular traps, underlie their ability to efficiently protect in a microorganism-rich world. However, neutrophils are much more than immune sentinels, as evidenced by the expanding repertoire of functions discovered in the context of tissue homeostasis, regeneration or chronic pathologies. In this Perspective, we discuss general functional features of the neutrophil compartment that may be relevant in most, if not all, physiological scenarios in which they participate, including specialization in naïve tissues, transcriptional noise in the bloodstream as a potential strategy for diversification and functional bias in inflammatory sites. We intentionally present the reader with more questions than answers and propose models and approaches that we hope will shed new light onto the biology of these fascinating cells and spark new directions of research.
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