... opsonin may still be present after the serum is heated at 55 ° C. , as has been shown by Dean and others ; and Muir and Martin have shown that this thermostable immune - opsonin ( bacteriotropin of Neufeld ) has all the specific ...
... opsonin receptor expression . [ Imax ] is a concentration of inflammatory mediator sufficient to pro- duce maximum opsonin receptor expres- sion Rmax / P . Phagocyte receptor ligation of opsonins , such as complement and / or ...
... opsonin for the infecting agent , in the typical at- tack , terminating promptly in recovery without complications , shows a marked general resemblance to the opsonin or antibody curve after a single antigen in- jection in the normal ...
... opsonin of normal serum does not possess the specific character of the opsonin developed in the process of immunisation . They have found , further , that various substances or combinations of substances which act as " complement ...
... opsonin receptor expression . [ Imax ] is a concentration of inflammatory mediator sufficient to pro- duce maximum opsonin receptor expres- sion Rmax / P . Phagocyte receptor ligation of opsonins , such as complement and / or ...
... opsonin ( No. 6 ) . Results.- 1. Opsonin is present in the normal serum . 2. Opsonin is thermolabile . 3. It rapidly disappears from the serum when the latter is mixed with bacteria at 37 ° C. or at 0 ° C. 4. After the opsonin has ...
... opsonin ( No. 6 ) . Results.- 1. Opsonin is present in the normal serum . 2. Opsonin is thermolabile . 3. It rapidly disappears from the serum when the latter is mixed - with bacteria at 37 ° C. or at 0 ° C. 4. After the opsonin has ...
... opsonin from the immune sera . Opsonic action , therefore , appears to depend on two substances - one thermolabile , the other thermostable . In normal serum the opsonin is almost entirely of the former variety ; in immune serum it ...
... opsonin " has been removed by the melanin ; and to this extent the opsonin is not specific to the tubercle . bacillus . R. Muir and W. B. M. Martin ' conclude that there is present in an immune serum a specific or immune ...
... opsonin theory engendered controversy and some ridicule . George Ber- nard Shaw , a good friend of Wright's , included both opsonin and the man who conceived it in a play , The Doctor's Dilemma . In the first act Sir Colenso Ridgeon , a ...