Tamoxifen restores extracellular trap formation in neutrophils from patients with chronic granulomatous disease in a reactive oxygen species-independent manner.

Sharma, Atul; McCann, Katelyn; Tripathi, Jitendra Kumar; Chauhan, Pooja; Zerbe, Christa; Mishra, Bibhuti B; Holland, Steven M; Sharma, Jyotika · J Allergy Clin Immunol · 2019

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Abstract

Tamoxifen induces autophagy-dependent NET formation in CGD patient neutrophils and improves their antimicrobial activity. Given the genetic defect in their ROS-generation machinery, this study highlights repurposing of tamoxifen to potentiate host defense in CGD patients.

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