Search Ontology:
GO: Biological Process
respiratory burst involved in inflammatory response
- Term ID
- GO:0002536
- Synonyms
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- oxidative burst during acute inflammatory response
- production of reactive oxygen species during acute inflammatory response
- respiratory burst involved in acute inflammatory response
- Definition
- A phase of elevated metabolic activity, during which oxygen consumption increases following a stimulus as part of an inflammatory response; this leads to the production, by an NADH dependent system, of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), superoxide anions and hydroxyl radicals, resulting in an increase in their intracellular or extracellular levels. 0781735149
- References
- Ontology
- GO: Biological Process QuickGO AmiGO
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Phenotype
Phenotype caused by Genes