MOSCA , Marta

: Behçet's syndrome (BS) is a rare multisystem vasculitis involving blood vessels of any size. BS aetiology is still unclear to date, and the heterogeneity of clinical expression among ethnics and genders make early diagnosis challenging. However, so far, considerable efforts have been made toward the understanding of BS, leading researchers to...

The formation of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) is a strategy utilized by neutrophils for capturing infective agents. Extracellular traps consist in a physical net made of DNA and intracellular proteins externalized from neutrophils, where bacteria and viruses are entrapped and killed by proteolysis. A complex series of events...