Acute lung injury is inherently a life-threatening disorder which can lead to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), a common global cause of death due to COVID-19.
The consequence of acute lung injury, ARDS, can come from many causes, but the overaction of neutrophils is one of the prominent signs of it.
Neutrophils are a type of white blood cells that can make up 50-75 percent of all kinds of white blood cells in humans. They play a leading role in defending against infection for the body. However, the aberrant activation of neutrophils will easily backfire on lung tissues because lung tissue is saturated with blood vessels….