Oxidative Bursts

《英文msh詞典》Oxidative Bursts
[入口詞] Oxidative Bursts
[主題詞] Respiratory Burst
[英文釋義] 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.