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| | Patent 6,403,080 |
 | | Some sets of opsonins can be regarded as structurally and functionally similar. | | | Its primary physiologic ligands are believed to be C3d and C3d,g;, however, its biologic activities are less well understood than CR3. | | | Preferred opsonins are non-rodent opsonins, e.g., primate, e.g., human, opsonins. |
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| | Opsonin |
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| | Patent 5951976 |
| | A method of vaccinating a mammal to a selected antigen, the method comprising | | | "Heterologous opsonin" or "antigen" refers to an opsonin or antigen which is not naturally expressed in a cell. | | | "Endogenous opsonin" or "antigen" refers to an opsonin or antigen which is expressed or present naturally in a cell. |
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http://www.pharmcast.com/Patents/091399/5951976_opsonin092199.htm
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| | Chapter 7-2 |
| | Wright nonetheless continued to cling to the idea. | | | The opsonin theory engendered controversy and some ridicule. | | | Wright could not be dissuaded from his belief in opsonin. |
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| | opsonin - OneLook Dictionary Search |
| | Opsonin : Drug Discovery and Development [home, info] | | | Phrases that include opsonin: common opsonin, specific opsonin, thermostable opsonin test | | | opsonin : The On-line Medical Dictionary [home, info] |
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| | Role of Oxygen in Phagocyte Microbicidal Action |
| | A commercially available luminescence system is now available for measurement of basal and stimulated phagocyte oxidase and oxidase-driven haloperoxidase activities. | | | Under assay conditions where immune mediator and opsonin exposure are controlled, luminescence analysis of the initial phase of opsonin-stimulated oxygenation activity allows functional assessment of the opsonin receptor expression per circulating phagocyte and can be used to gauge the in vivo state of immune activation. | | | Under properly controlled conditions of testing, phagocyte opsonin receptor expression can be functionally linked to the acceleration phase of the respiratory burst and measured as luminescence (42-44). |
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| | Protection from Lethal Gram-positive Infection by Macrophage Scavenger Receptor-dependent Phagocytosis -- Thomas et al. ... |
| | our observation that even in the absence of opsonins, phagocytosis | | | Verbrugh, H.A., Keane, W.F., Hoidal, J.R., Freiberg, M.R., Peterson, P.K. Peritoneal macrophages and opsonins: antibacterial defense in patients undergoing chronic peritoneal dialysis. | | | thereby preventing the interaction of these opsonins with Fc and complement receptors on neutrophils and mononuclear phagocytes. |
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| | Opsonin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | During the process of opsonization, antigens are bound by antibody and/or complement molecules. | | | An opsonin is any molecule that acts as a binding enhancer for the process of phagocytosis, for example, by coating the negatively-charged molecules on the membrane. | | | Both the membrane of a phagocytising cell, as well as its next meal, have a negative charge (Zeta-potential), making it difficult for the two cells to come close together. |
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| | opsonin - definition by dict.die.net |
| | opsonin n : an antibody in blood serum that attaches to invading microorganisms and other antigens to make them more susceptible to the action of phagocytes |
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| | Osteopontin opsonizes mineral particles for phagocytosis by macrophages |
| | Conclusion: OPN acts as an opsonin, facilitating phagocytosis by macrophages - a process important to the inflammatory reaction of wound healing. | | | These data demonstrate that OPN serves as an opsonin, facilitating opsonization at levels equal to, or even greater than, IgG - an established opsonin. | | | Objectives: To determine whether OPN acts as an opsonin and facilitates phagocytosis of mineralized particles by macrophages, and whether monomer OPN and polymer OPN (cross-linked by transglutaminase) differ in their ability to affect phagocytosis. |
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| | BLADDER AND PROSTATE DISEASES - LoveToKnow Article on BLADDER AND PROSTATE DISEASES |
| | This consists of the injection into the body of an emulsion of dead tubekle bacilli which have been sterilized by heat. | | | As a result of this injection the blood sets to work to form an opsonin a protective material which so modifies the disease-germs as to render them attractive to the white corpuscles of the patients blood (phagocytes), which then seize upon and destroy them. | | | Sir A. Wright has devised a delicate method of examination of the blood (the calculation of the opsonic index) which tells when the tuberculin injections should be resorted to and when withheld (see BLooD). |
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| | PATHOLOGY (from Gr. raB... - Online Information article about PATHOLOGY (from Gr. raB... |
| | body fluids a substance (opsonin) which apparently in favourable conditions unites with the living causal bacteria and so sensitizes them that they are readily taken up and destroyed by the phagocytic cells of tissues. | | | Before the discovery of the bacillus of tubercle, See also: | | | recent work on opsonins, have shown that, by injecting dead cultures of the causal See also: |
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| | opsonin - definition of opsonin by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. |
| | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. | | | opsonin - an antibody in blood serum that attaches to invading microorganisms and other antigens to make them more susceptible to the action of phagocytes | | | An antibody or product of complement activation in blood serum that causes bacteria or other foreign cells to become more susceptible to the action of phagocytes. |
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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/opsonin
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| | Dorlands Medical Dictionary |
| | (op”sə-nĭ-za´shən) the rendering of bacteria and other cells subject to phagocytosis by the action of an opsonin. | | | (op”so-no-fa”go-si-to´sis) phagocytosis by macrophages and monocytes in the presence of specific serum opsonins. | | | (op”sə-no-si”to-faj´ik) denoting the phagocytic activity of blood in the presence of serum opsonins and homologous leukocytes. |
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| | Encyclopedia article on Immune system [EncycloZine] |
| | Adhesion is enhanced by opsonization, where proteins like opsonins are coated on the surface of the bacterium. | | | Phagocytosis involves chemotaxis, where phagocytic cells are attracted to microorganisms by means of chemotactic chemicals like microbial products, complements, damaged cells and white blood cell fragments; chemotaxis is followed by adhesion, where the phagocyte sticks to the microorganism. |
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| | Availability information may be found in the Availability, Publisher, Research Organization, Resource Relation and/or Author (affiliation information) fields and/or via the "Full-text Availability" link. | | | For a journal article, please see the Resource Relation field. | | | Energy Citations Database (ECD) Document #6999959 - Characterization of alveolar macrophage receptors involved in opsonin independent phagocytosis |
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| | opsonin - English-French Dictionary - WordReference.com |
| | Look for a definition in our English Dictionary. | | | We found no French translation for 'opsonin' in our English to French Dictionary. | | | Or did you want to translate 'opsonin' from French to English? |
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| | The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 154 |
| | Opsonin Chemical Industries Limited, a leading pharmaceutical company in Bangladesh, has launched its new strategic business unit, Opsonin Agrovet, for animal health care. | | | A press conference was held on Monday in Dhaka to mark the launching of the business unit, says a press statement. | | | Marketing Manager of Opsonin Jahangir Hyder gave a brief description of the new unit. |
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| | The Complement System |
| | As Dr. Ridgeon says in George Bernard Shaw's play The Doctor's Dilemma, "Opsonin is what you butter the disease germs with to make your white blood corpuscles eat them." | | | C3a This small fragment is released into the surrounding fluids. | | | Macrophages and neutrophils have receptors for C3b and can bind the C3b-coated cell or particle preparatory to phagocytosis. |
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