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Citation: ahn-so-2024-pathogenesis-of-gout
Claim ID: nets
Assertion: Neutrophils recruited to the joint ingest urate crystals and release their chromatin and proteins as neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs).
Quote: Attracted and activated, neutrophils ingest MSU crystals and eject their chromatin along with cytosolic and granule proteins, resulting in the formation of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs). This process is called NETosis
Quote language: en
Locator: section: Acute gout flare

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