Oxidative stress in phagocytes—“The enem
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Wolf D. Splettstoesser; Peter Schuff-Werner
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Article
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2002
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Phagocytes represent a powerful defense system against invading microorganisms that threaten the life or functional integrity of the host. The capacity to generate and release substantial amounts of reactive oxygen species is a unique property of activated polymorphonuclear and mononuclear phagocyte