A rapid densitometric microassay for nitroblue tetrazolium reduction and application of the microassay to macrophages.

Animals Calcimycin/pharmacology Concanavalin A/pharmacology Cytochrome c Group/metabolism Densitometry/methods Guinea Pigs Macrophages/physiology Microscopy/methods N-Formylmethionine/analogs & derivatives,pharmacology N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine Nitroblue Tetrazolium/analysis Oligopeptides/pharmacology Oxidation-Reduction Photometry/instrumentation Stimulation, Chemical Superoxide Dismutase/metabolism Superoxides/metabolism Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate/pharmacology Tetrazolium Salts/analysis

Cytochrome c Group Oligopeptides Tetrazolium Salts Concanavalin A Superoxides Nitroblue Tetrazolium Calcimycin N-Formylmethionine N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine Superoxide Dismutase Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate