respiratory burst involved in inflammatory response

id: GO:0002536
name: respiratory burst involved in inflammatory response
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: A phase of elevated metabolic activity, during which oxygen consumption increases following a stimulus as part of an inflammatory response; this leads to the production, by an NADH dependent system, of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), superoxide anions and hydroxyl radicals, resulting in an increase in their intracellular or extracellular levels.

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