In vitro Superoxide Production by Peripheral Neutrophils from Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Activated polymorphonuclear leucocytes, which are accumulated in inflammatory lesions of inflammatory bowel disease, produce tissue destructive, oxygen derived free radicals and other inflammatory mediators. The PMN superoxide production elicited by formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine or the compl...

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Main Authors: O. H. Nielsen, D. Berild, I. Ahnfelt-Rønne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 1994-01-01
Series:Mediators of Inflammation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0962935194000219