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Phenotype of mice and macrophages deficient in both phagocyte oxidase and inducible nitric oxide synthase.
Immunity - 1 Jan 1999
Shiloh M U, MacMicking J D, Nicholson S, Brause J E, Potter S, Marino M, Fang F, Dinauer M, Nathan C
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The two genetically established antimicrobial mechanisms of macrophages are production of reactive oxygen intermediates by phagocyte oxidase (phox) and reactive nitrogen intermediates by inducible nitric oxide synthase (NOS2). Mice doubly deficient in both enzymes (gp91(phox-/-)/NOS2(-/-)) formed massive abscesses containing commensal organisms, mostly enteric bacteria, even when reared under specific...
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