results of two studies supported the idea that cell death in culture was related to oxidative damage : ( 1 ) phagocytosis induced a loss of viability in maternal and control neutrophils of a similar degree ( 48 and 52 % viable , respectively ) to that exhibited by nonphagocytic infant cells ( 47 % viable ) , a finding prevented by superoxide dismutase and catalase ;
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