Respiratory Burst |
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| Burst, Oxidative; Burst, Respiratory; Bursts, Oxidative; Bursts, Respiratory; Oxidative Bursts; Respiratory Bursts | |
| 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. | |