For a long time, superoxide generation by an NADPH oxidase was considered as an oddity
only found in professional phagocytes. Over the last years, six homologs of the cytochrome …

Macrophages belong to the mononuclear phagocyte system that includes the blood
monocytes and the various kinds of mobile and sessile macrophages. They are recruited …

Reperfusion injury characterized by loss of endothelial cell viability occurs after cold
ischemic storage of livers for transplantation surgery. Here, ultrastructural changes in stored …

We have investigated the possible protective effect of Superoxide dismutase and allopurinol
in a rat model of mild and severe hepatic necrosis produced by Corynebacterium parvum …

Publisher Summary The study of Kupffer cells has developed rapidly and has been
extended to problems concerning the origin, structure, and function of these cells in normal …

These volumes of Copper Proteins and Copper Enzymes are intended to describe the
contemporary spectroscopy and other biophysical chemistry now being applied to copper …

Enzymes so called (Enz'-a-ai-am) are biologically active protein molecules responsible of
biochemical reactions in the bacteria, cells and organs. Enzymes regulate the rates of …

Murine Kupffer cells (KC) were isolated by a high yield collagenase perfusion technique.
The morphology, surface markers, and secretory products were typical of macrophages in …

In a recent review of chemical carcinogenesis, Kensler and Trush (157) express the hope
'that an evaluation of the importance of oxygen free radicals in chemical carcinogenesis will …

NADPH oxidase 2 is a superoxide-generating enzymatic complex based on the catalytic
subunit gp91phox that is also known as Nox2. Initially identified in neutrophils, NADPH …