title: Entrapment exploited.
abstract: In their recent paper in Science, Thammavongsa et al. demonstrate how Staphylococcus aureus degrades the DNA of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) into 2'-deoxy-adenosine, which causes incoming macrophages to go into apoptosis, thereby increasing the chance for the bacterium to survive in an abscess.
authors.affiliation: Medical Microbiology, UMC Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584CX Utrecht, The Netherlands. Electronic address: j.vanstrijp@umcutrecht.nl.
authors.forename: Jos A G
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: van Strijp
authors.affiliation: Medical Microbiology, UMC Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584CX Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Suzan H M
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Rooijakkers
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000276:immunology*; D003839:Deoxyadenosines / Q000378:metabolism*; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000472:pathogenicity*
chemical_list: D003839:Deoxyadenosines