The respiratory burst of phagocytic cells is associated with a rise in vacuolar pH
Segal AW;Geisow M;Garcia R;Harper A;Miller R;;
Nature1981Vol. 290pp. -
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Abstract
Neutrophil leukocytes are the body's major defence against bacteria, which they phagocytose and kill. It has been found that phagocytosis and killing are accompanied by a dramatic rise in non-mitochondrial respiration; and that the efficiency of killing is impaired in the absence of oxygen. It is al …