Inside the Neutrophil Phagosome: Oxidants, Myeloperoxidase, and Bacterial Killing
Mark B. Hampton(Christchurch Clinical Studies Trust), Anthony J. Kettle(Christchurch Clinical Studies Trust), Christine C. Winterbourn(Christchurch Clinical Studies Trust)
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Abstract
IN THE 1880s Elie Metchnikoff observed specialized phagocytic cells ingesting bacteria, and recognized the importance of phagocytosis as a defense mechanism in multicellular organisms.[1][1] Neutrophils are one of the professional phagocytes in humans. They ingest bacteria into intracellular
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