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Metabolism > Cell Respiration > Respiratory Burst

Preferred term

Respiratory Burst  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A large increase in oxygen uptake by neutrophils and most types of tissue macrophages through activation of an NADPH-cytochrome b-dependent oxidase that reduces oxygen to a superoxide. Individuals with an inherited defect in which the oxidase that reduces oxygen to superoxide is decreased or absent (GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE, CHRONIC) often die as a result of recurrent bacterial infections.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Oxidative Burst

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-WP9HWZ6D-3

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