Eirini Liaptsi, Ermis Merkouris, Efthymia Polatidou, Dimitrios Tsiptsios, Aimilios Gkantzios, Christos Kokkotis, Foivos Petridis, Foteini Christidi, Stella Karatzetzou, Christos Karaoglanis, Anna-Maria Tsagkalidi, Nikolaos Chouliaras, Konstantinos Tsamakis, Maria Protopapa, Dimitrios Pantazis-Pergaminelis, Panagiotis Skendros, Nikolaos Aggelousis, Konstantinos Vadikolias
Stroke has become the first cause of functional disability and one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide. Therefore, it is of crucial importance to develop accurate biomarkers to assess stroke risk and prognosis. Emerging evidence suggests that neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) levels may serve as a valuable biomarker to predict stroke occurrence and functional outcome. NETs are known to create a procoagulant state by serving as a scaffold for tissue factor (TF) and platelets inducing thrombosis by activating coagulation pathways and endothelium...
September 28, 2023: Neurology International