"Eosinophil Peroxidase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A 66-kDa peroxidase found in EOSINOPHIL granules. Eosinophil peroxidase is a cationic protein with a pI of 10.8 and is comprised of a heavy chain subunit and a light chain subunit. It possesses cytotoxic activity towards BACTERIA and other organisms, which is attributed to its peroxidase activity.
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D047209
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.682.732.440 D12.776.124.486.379.600
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Eosinophil Peroxidase" by people in Profiles.
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MacPherson JC, Comhair SA, Erzurum SC, Klein DF, Lipscomb MF, Kavuru MS, Samoszuk MK, Hazen SL. Eosinophils are a major source of nitric oxide-derived oxidants in severe asthma: characterization of pathways available to eosinophils for generating reactive nitrogen species. J Immunol. 2001 May 1; 166(9):5763-72.