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JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 51, Issue 10, Pages 832-836Publisher
MICROBIOLOGY SOC
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-51-10-832
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It is believed that the enhanced capability of activated macrophages to resist infection is related to the remarkable increase in the production of oxygen metabolites in response to phagocytosis. Both the production of H2O2 and the oxidation of NAD(P)H are directly dependent upon NAD(P)H-oxidase. It has been established that the respiratory burst is due to activation of NAD(P)H-oxidase localised in the plasmalemma. Myeloperoxidase is believed to be involved in augmenting the cytotoxic activity of H2O2. Low NADH-oxidase, NADPH-oxidase and myeloperoxidase activity were observed in monocytes of patients with active visceral leishmaniasis as compared with healthy controls. These results suggest that low NADH-oxidase, NADPH-oxidase and myeloperoxidase activities may account for persistence of Leishmania parasites in visceral leishmaniasis.
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