Neutrophils as regulators of cardiovascular inflammation

Nature Reviews Cardiology, Published online: 29 January 2020; doi:10.1038/s41569-019-0326-7In this Review, Soehnlein and colleagues discuss the role of neutrophils in cardiovascular inflammation and repair, describing the effect of cardiovascular risk factors on neutrophil production and function, appraising the contribution of neutrophils to the different stages of atherosclerosis and its clinical manifestations, and highlighting the evolving therapeutic strategies for targeting neutrophil numbers, functional status and effector mechanisms.
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