Neopterin: Indicator of oxidative stress and part of the cytotoxic armature of activated macrophages in humans

Pteridines

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 91-102

  Widner, Bernhard ^a   Baier Bitterlich, Gabriele ^a   Wede, Irene ^a   Wirleitner, Barbara ^a   Wachter, Helmut ^a   Fuchs, Dietmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDICATOR; NEOPTERIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL REACTION; CYTOTOXICITY; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0031660353     PISSN: 09334807     EISSN: 21954720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/pteridines.1998.9.2.91     Document Type: Review

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