Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the seminal discovery that the phagocyte respiratory burst enzyme is an NADPH oxidase

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-2

  Berton, G ^a   Castaldi, M A ^b   Cassatella, M A ^a   Nauseef, W M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Microbial killing; Phagocytic cells; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

HEXOSE; POTASSIUM CYANIDE; QUERCETIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE-FORMING ENZYME;

EDITORIAL; GUINEA PIG; INGESTION; LEUKOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHAGOCYTE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY BURST; ANIMAL; ENZYMOLOGY; HISTORY; HUMAN;

ANIMALS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NADPH OXIDASE; PHAGOCYTES; RESPIRATORY BURST;

EID: 84928350742     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: 19383673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.4CE0714-352R     Document Type: Editorial

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