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Flow Cytometric Measurement Of ROS Production In Macrophages In Response To FcγR Cross-linking
Published on: March 7, 2019
Reactive oxygen species in phagocytic leukocytes
1Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. robinson.21@osu.edu
Abstract:
Phagocytic leukocytes consume oxygen and generate reactive oxygen species in response to appropriate stimuli. The phagocyte NADPH oxidase, a multiprotein complex, existing in the dissociated state in resting cells becomes assembled into the functional oxidase complex upon stimulation and then generates superoxide anions. Biochemical aspects of the NADPH oxidase are briefly discussed in this review; however, the major focus relates to the contributions of various modes of microscopy to our understanding of the NADPH oxidase and the cell biology of phagocytic leukocytes.
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