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E J Bland1, T Keshavarz, C Bucke.
Abstract
Neutrophils play a key role in the defense against microbial infections. One of their primary weapons to destroy microbes is the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). This paper shows how 2', 7'-dichlorodihydrofluorescein-diacetate (DCFH-DA) was used to measure the effects of polysaccharides on the production of ROS by polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs). The DCFH-DA method has been designed to provide a highly sensitive, quantifiable, real-time assessment of ROS production by PMNs.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11725482 DOI: 10.1385/MB:19:2:125
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mol Biotechnol ISSN: 1073-6085 Impact factor: 2.695