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. 1968 Dec 13;162(3859):1277-9.
doi: 10.1126/science.162.3859.1277.

Deficiency of reduced nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide oxidase in chronic granulomatous disease

Deficiency of reduced nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide oxidase in chronic granulomatous disease

R L Baehner et al. Science. .

Abstract

Reduced nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide oxidase of normal human polymorphonuclear leukocytes has properties that would qualify it as the enzyme responsible for the respiratory burst during phagocytosis. The enzyme was deficient in leukocytes of five patients with chronic granulomatous disease. This lack of adequate reduced nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide oxidase could be the basis for the metabolic abnormalities characteristic of these leukocytes and for their diminished bactericidal activity.

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