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Metabolism > Cell Respiration > Respiratory Burst
Cell Physiological Phenomena > Cell Respiration > Respiratory Burst

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Respiratory Burst  

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Entry terms

  • Burst, Oxidative
  • Bursts, Oxidative
  • Oxidative Burst
  • Oxidative Bursts

Scope note

  • A large increase in oxygen uptake by neutrophils and most types of tissue macrophages through activation of an NADPH-cytochrome b-dependent oxidase that reduces oxygen to a superoxide. Individuals with an inherited defect in which the oxidase that reduces oxygen to superoxide is decreased or absent (GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE, CHRONIC) often die as a result of recurrent bacterial infections.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016897

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