# Building “walls” to stop pathogens: neutrophils play a role in the repair of extracellular matrix

**Authors:** Feng-Ying Liao, Zhen Wang, Jian-Xin Jiang, Ling Zeng

PMC · DOI: 10.1186/s40779-025-00624-0 · 2025-07-10

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- **Genes:** Mmp8 (matrix metallopeptidase 8) [NCBI Gene 17394], Col1a1 (collagen, type I, alpha 1) [NCBI Gene 12842] {aka Col1a-1, Cola-1, Cola1, Mov-13, Mov13}, Col3a1 (collagen, type III, alpha 1) [NCBI Gene 12825] {aka Col3a-1, Tsk-2, Tsk2}, Mmp9 (matrix metallopeptidase 9) [NCBI Gene 17395] {aka B/MMP9, Clg4b, Gel B, MMP-9, pro-MMP-9}, Tgfb1 (transforming growth factor, beta 1) [NCBI Gene 21803] {aka TGF-beta1, TGFbeta1, Tgfb, Tgfb-1}, COL3A1 (collagen type III alpha 1 chain) [NCBI Gene 1281] {aka EDS4A, EDSVASC, PMGEDSV}, TGFB1 (transforming growth factor beta 1) [NCBI Gene 7040] {aka CAEND1, CED, DPD1, IBDIMDE, LAP, TGF-beta1}
- **Diseases:** autoimmune fibrosis (MESH:D005355), neuroinflammation (MESH:D000090862), inflammation (MESH:D007249), NETs (MESH:C536657), infection (MESH:D007239)
- **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606], Mus musculus (house mouse, species) [taxon 10090]

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