Correction: Pathological neutrophil extracellular traps hinder postoperative anal fistula wound healing and are attenuated by Zuoqing granule via suppression of the Nox4 pathway

Fang, Xiaoli; Deng, Heng; Li, Ming; Gao, Xiang; He, Chunrong; Liu, Hui

doi:10.3389/fimmu.2026.1792671

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Front. Immunol., 28 January 2026

Sec. Inflammation

Volume 17 - 2026 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2026.1792671

Correction: Pathological neutrophil extracellular traps hinder postoperative anal fistula wound healing and are attenuated by Zuoqing granule via suppression of the Nox4 pathway

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Pathological neutrophil extracellular traps hinder postoperative anal fistula wound healing and are attenuated by Zuoqing granule via suppression of the Nox4 pathway
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Xiaoli Fang^1†

Heng Deng^2*†

Ming Li^1,3*

Xiang Gao²

Chunrong He⁴

Hui Liu⁵

¹Department of Anorectal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China
²Department of Anorectal Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China
³Department of Anorectal Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China
⁴General Practice Department, Hefei Haiheng Health Service Center, Hefei, China
⁵General Practice Department, Anhui Provincial Second People’s Hospital, Hefei, Anhui, China

A Correction on
Pathological neutrophil extracellular traps hinder postoperative anal fistula wound healing and are attenuated by Zuoqing granule via suppression of the Nox4 pathway

By Fang X, Deng H, Li M, Gao X, He C and Liu H (2026) Front. Immunol. 16:1730184. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2025.1730184

Affiliation “Department of Anorectal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China” and "Department of Anorectal Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China" were omitted for author “Ming Li”. These affiliations have now been added for author “Ming Li”.

Author “Ming Li” was erroneously assigned to affiliation “Department of Anorectal Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China”. This affiliation has now been removed for author “Ming Li”.

The original version of this article has been updated.

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Keywords: anal fistula, chronic inflammation, NEtosis, NOX4, wound healing, Zuoqing granule

Citation: Fang X, Deng H, Li M, Gao X, He C and Liu H (2026) Correction: Pathological neutrophil extracellular traps hinder postoperative anal fistula wound healing and are attenuated by Zuoqing granule via suppression of the Nox4 pathway. Front. Immunol. 17:1792671. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1792671

Received: 21 January 2026; Accepted: 22 January 2026;
Published: 28 January 2026.

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^†These authors have contributed equally to this work

Disclaimer: All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.