Mitochondria can sense bacteria and trigger your immune system to trap them – revealing new ways to treat infections and autoimmunity
- Written by Andrew Monteith, Assistant Professor of Microbiology, University of Tennessee
Neutrophils (yellow) eject a NET (green) to ensnare bacteria (purple). Other cells, such as red blood cells (orange), may also get trapped.CHDENK/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SAMitochondria have primarily been known as the energy-producing components of cells. But scientists are increasingly discovering that these small organelles do much more than...