title: Editorial: Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the seminal discovery that the phagocyte respiratory burst enzyme is an NADPH oxidase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Diagnostics, University of Verona, Italy; giorgio.berton@univr.it.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Berton
authors.affiliation: Department of the Woman, the Child, and General and Specialized Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Italy; and.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Castaldi
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Diagnostics, University of Verona, Italy;
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Cassatella
authors.affiliation: Inflammation Program, Department of Medicine, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, and Veterans Administration Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Nauseef
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D019255:NADPH Oxidases / Q000266:history*; D010586:Phagocytes / Q000201:enzymology*; D016897:Respiratory Burst
chemical_list: D019255:NADPH Oxidases; C022709:superoxide-forming enzyme
keywords: microbial killing; phagocytic cells; reactive oxygen species