The Role of Reactive Oxygen Species in Inflammatory Disease: Evaluation of Methodology

The production of reactive oxidants has been implicated in the pathology of a number of inflammatory conditions, including inflamed arthritic joints. Many assays for the detection of these oxidants in diseased states have been described, but there are a number of potential pitfalls in both experimen...

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Published inMethods (San Diego, Calif.) Vol. 9; no. 3; pp. 628 - 634
Main Authors Sahinoglu, Tulin, Stevens, Cliff R., Bhatt, Bhupendra, Blake, David R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.06.1996
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Summary:The production of reactive oxidants has been implicated in the pathology of a number of inflammatory conditions, including inflamed arthritic joints. Many assays for the detection of these oxidants in diseased states have been described, but there are a number of potential pitfalls in both experimental design and the interpretation of results obtained with these techniques. Here, we describe a number of commonly used assays to detect the production of reactive oxidants and critically discuss their usefulness and limitations. We focus on the role of xanthine oxidase in reactive oxidant production in inflammatory disease.
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ISSN:1046-2023
1095-9130
DOI:10.1006/meth.1996.0069