Thick, adherent mucus in the airway causes respiratory failure—the leading cause of death in cystic fibrosis. A new study now shows how the formation of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) in the airway, in an attempt to kill colonizing bacteria, results in chronic cell carnage that thickens the sputum, worsening lung function in individuals with cystic fibrosis (pages 1018–1023).
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15 June 2011
In view of the fact that the authors of "CXCR2 mediates NADPH oxidase–independent neutrophil extracellular trap formation in cystic fibrosis airway inflammation" are retracting their report, we wish to retract our News and Views article, which dealt with the above study and was based on the veracity of its data.
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Kaynar, A., Shapiro, S. NET loss of air in cystic fibrosis. Nat Med 16, 967–969 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0910-967
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