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Genetic and biochemical background of chronic granulomatous disease.
Archivum immunologiae et therapiae experimentalis - 1 Jan 2000
Jurkowska Monika, Bernatowska Ewa, Bal Jerzy
Abstract excerpt
Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is a rare inherited immunodeficiency syndrome caused by a profound defect in the oxygen metabolic burst machinery. Activity of NADPH oxidase is absent or profoundly diminished, as at least one of its components (gp91(phox), p22(phox), p47(phox) and p67(phox)) is lacking or non-functional. This review explains the molecular basis of NADPH oxidase dysfunction by the effects of...
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