Cultured rat and purified human Pneumocystis carinii stimulate intra- but not extracellular free radical production in human neutrophils

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 544-547

  Jensen, Trine ^a,e   Aliouat, El M ^b,c   Lundgren, Bettina ^a   Settnes, Osvald P ^a   Karlsson, Anna ^d   Dahlgren, Claes ^d   Dei Cas, Eduardo ^b,c   Obel, Niels ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Polymorphonuclear granulocytes; Respiratory burst; Superoxide generation

Indexed keywords

CHEMILUMINESCENCE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOCHROME C; EPITHELIUM CELL; FOOD ADDITIVE; FREE RADICAL; LUNG; NEUTROPHIL; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PURIFICATION; RAT; SUPEROXIDE;

EID: 0032171122     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1998.tb05114.x     Document Type: Article

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