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- ESTIMATING THE NUMBER OF BACTERIA IN SUSPENSIONS USED FOR CALCULATING THE OPSONIC INDEX AND FOR VACCINES. JOSEPH McFARLAND, M.D. JAMA. 1907; XLIX(14):1176-1178...
- renders them a ready prey to the phagocytes. We may speak of this as an “opsoniceffect (opsono - I cater for; I prepare victuals for), and we may employ...
- can be divided into two categories by recognised molecules. The first, opsonic receptors, are dependent on opsonins. Among these are receptors that recognise...
- virulence organisms like Staphylococcus and Pseudomonas. In neonates, opsonic activity and the ability to activate the complement cascade is very limited...
- individuals with higher concentrations. It is thought that the antibacterial, or opsonic, activity of ascitic fluid is closely correlated with the protein concentration...
- Natural or induced immunity is achieved by the production of specific opsonic antibodies against F1 and V antigens; antibodies against F1 and V induce...
- "Treponema pallidum major sheath protein homologue Tpr K is a target of opsonic antibody and the protective immune response". The Journal of Experimental...
- cascade, many other immune reactions are produced, such as cytotoxic, opsonic and encapsulation activities. The phenoxidase cascade plays an important...
- system. The function of these endocytic receptors are to mediating non-opsonic phagocytosis in response to foreign ligands. This triggers various processes...
- expressed in the liver, and has been shown to have carbohydrate binding and opsonic activities. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different...