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[The X+ chronic granulomatous disease as a fabulous model to study the NADPH oxidase complex activation].
Medecine sciences : M/S - 1 May 2007
Stasia Marie-José
Abstract excerpt
Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is a rare inherited disorder in which phagocytes lack NADPH oxidase activity. Patients with CGD suffer from recurrent bacterial and fungal infections because of the absence of superoxide anions (O2- degrees ) generatingsystem. The NADPH oxidase complex is composed of a membranous cytochrome b558, cytosolic proteins p67phox, p47phox, p40phox and two small GTPases Rac2 and Rap1A....
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