Influence of age on oxidative bursts (chemiluminescence) of polymorphonuclear neutrophil leukocytes

Gerontology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 192-197

  Braga, P C ^a,c   Sala, M T ^a   Dal Sasso, M ^a   Mancini, L ^b   Sandrini, M C ^a   Annoni, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^c Department of Pharmacology ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Elderly; Luminol amplified chemiluminescence; Neutrophil oxidative burst

Indexed keywords

FORMYLMETHIONYLLEUCYLPHENYLALANINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL KILLING; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY BURST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LUMINOL; MIDDLE AGED; N-FORMYLMETHIONINE LEUCYL-PHENYLALANINE; NEUTROPHILS; RESPIRATORY BURST;

EID: 0031777729     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000022009     Document Type: Article

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