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. 2013 Jan 24;4:1. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2013.00001

Table 2.

Neutrophil components involved in NETosis.

Component Function Reference(s)
Neutrophil elastase (NE) Chromatin decondensation Papayannopoulos et al., 2010
Myeloperoxidase (MPO) HOCl Chromatin decondensation; hypochlorite generation Papayannopoulos et al., 2010; Metzler et al., 2011; Akong-Moore et al., 2012
Peptidylarginine deiminase type IV (PAD4) Chromatin decondensation; histone modification Li et al., 2010; Leshner et al., 2012
Autophagy NETosis pathway Remijsen et al., 2011
NADPH oxidase NETosis pathway Fuchs et al., 2007
H2O2 Substrate for MPO Akong-Moore et al., 2012
Singlet oxygen Essential NETosis inducer Nishinaka et al., 2011
Raf-MEK-ERK NETosis pathway Hakkim et al., 2011
ERK, p38 MAPK NETosis pathway Keshari et al., 2012