Glutathione-dependent peroxidative metabolism in the alveolar macrophage

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Abstract

Phagocytosis by rabbit alveolar macrophages (AM) is accompanied by increases in O2 consumption, glucose oxidation, and H2O2 formation. Two aspects of the interrelations between these metabolic features of phagocytosis have been studied.

Authors

Molly T. Vogt, Catherine Thomas, Charles L. Vassallo, R. E. Basford, J. Bernard L. Gee