The generation of active microbicidal forms of oxygen by leukocytes transiting the vascular bed of the lungs
Kogan, A.K.; Losev, N.I.; Tsypin, A.B.; Manuĭlov, B.M.
Biulleten' Eksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny 107(6): 688-690
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0365-9615 PMID: 2551415 Document Number: 340806
In experiments on dogs using the chemiluminescent method and nitroblue-tetrazole reaction the authors found out that leucocytes while passing through the pulmonary vessels bed, in contrast to the spleen increase the generation of active microbicidal forms of oxygen. Due to this fact we suppose that the lungs may take part in the formation of free radical status and phagocytic antiinfectious defence of the organism.