title: Beyond oxidative stress: an immunologist's guide to reactive oxygen species.
abstract: Reactive oxygen species (ROS) react preferentially with certain atoms to modulate functions ranging from cell homeostasis to cell death. Molecular actions include both inhibition and activation of proteins, mutagenesis of DNA and activation of gene transcription. Cellular actions include promotion or suppression of inflammation, immunity and carcinogenesis. ROS help the host to compete against microorganisms and are also involved in intermicrobial competition. ROS chemistry and their pleiotropy make them difficult to localize, to quantify and to manipulate - challenges we must overcome to translate ROS biology into medical advances.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, New York, New York 10065, USA. cnathan@med.cornell.edu
authors.forename: Carl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nathan
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cunningham-Bussel
mesh_terms: D056704:Adaptive Immunity / Q000276:immunology*; D000818:Animals; D006706:Homeostasis / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007113:Immunity, Innate / Q000276:immunology*; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species