Medical Definition of Metabolic burst

1. Response of phagocytes to particles (particularly if opsonise d) and to agonists such as formyl peptides and phorbol esters, an enhanced uptake of oxygen leads to the production, by an NADH dependent system, of hydrogen peroxide, superoxide anions and hydroxyl radicals, all of which play a part in bactericidal activity. Defects in the metabolic burst, as in chronic granulomatous disease, predispose to infection particularly with catalase positive bacteria and are usually fatal in childhood. (27 Jun 1999)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Metabolic Burst

metablogged
metablogging
metablogs
metabola
metabolas
metabole
metaboles
metabolia
metabolian
metabolians
metabolic
metabolic-pathway
metabolic-rate
metabolic acidosis
metabolic alkalosis
metabolic burst (current term)
metabolic calculus
metabolic clearance rate
metabolic coma
metabolic cooperation
metabolic coupling
metabolic craniopathy
metabolic disorder
metabolic encephalopathy
metabolic equivalent
metabolic indican
metabolic mucinosis
metabolic pathway
metabolic pathways

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