TOPICS: Hexose monophosphate (HMP) pathway, nucleotide synthesis, NADPH, ribose-5-phosphate, reductive synthetic reactions, oxidative stress, phagocytic cells, cytosol, thiamine, transketolase, thiamine, fat synthesis, malonyl CoA, fatty acids, regeneration of glutathione, NADP+, glutathione reductase, glutathione peroxidase, hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), G6PD deficiency, thiamine (B1), glutathione disulfide, hexokinase, glucokinase, glucose-6-phosphate, fructose-6-phosphate, pyruvate, ribulose-5-phosphate, ribose-5-phosphate, 6-phosphogluconate, respiratory burst, hemolysis, bleach