Publisher Summary This chapter reviews information on eosinophil structure and function
and provide evidence for the eosinophil as an effector cell for killing helrninths and for …

This review is concerned with the oxidative chemistry of phagocytes (Gk. phagos=
devouring, kytos= container), the motile cells in animals that constitute the primary cellular …

Eosinophils are white blood cells that in humans are found in association with helminthic
infections and various inflammatory disease processes. These cells contain a unique …

Eosinophil peroxidase (EPO) has been implicated in promoting oxidative tissue injury in
conditions ranging from asthma and other allergic inflammatory disorders to cancer and …

A sensitive confocal Raman microspectrometer was employed to record spectra of nuclei
and cytoplasmic regions of single living human granulocytes. Conditions were used that …

Although the pseudohalide thiocyanate (SCN−) is the preferred substrate for eosinophil
peroxidase (EPO) in fluids of physiologic halide composition, the product (s) of this reaction …

Leukocytes are a part of the immune system that plays an important role in the host's
defense against viral, bacterial, and fungal infections. Among the human leukocytes, two …

The covalent heme attachment has been extensively studied by spectroscopic methods in
myeloperoxidase and lactoperoxidase (LPO) but not in eosinophil peroxidase (EPO). We …

We have obtained new evidence for the occurrence of intracellular NADPH-oxidase activity
in neutrophilic and eosinophilic granulocytes upon stimulation with phorbol myristate …

A resonance Raman microspectroscopic study is presented of eosinophil peroxidase (EPO)
in human eosinophilic granulocytes. Experiments were carried out at the single cell level …