Respiratory Burst
"Respiratory Burst" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A large increase in oxygen uptake by neutrophils and most types of tissue macrophages through activation of an NADPH-cytochrome b-dependent oxidase that reduces oxygen to a superoxide. Individuals with an inherited defect in which the oxidase that reduces oxygen to superoxide is decreased or absent (GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE, CHRONIC) often die as a result of recurrent bacterial infections.
| Descriptor ID |
D016897
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G03.495.278.620 G04.299.305.620
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| Concept/Terms |
Respiratory Burst- Respiratory Burst
- Burst, Respiratory
- Bursts, Respiratory
- Respiratory Bursts
- Oxidative Burst
- Burst, Oxidative
- Bursts, Oxidative
- Oxidative Bursts
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Respiratory Burst" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.