| Literature DB >> 5005313 |
S K Felts, L L Treanor, J S Goodman, M G Koenig.
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A heat-stable factor in the serum of normal rabbits adsorbed by zymosan at 16 C in the presence of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid has been found to enhance the uptake of an encapsulated strain of Staphylococcus aureus (Smith diffuse) by the isolated perfused rabbit liver. This opsonin does not appear to be a rate-limiting component of the hemolytic complement system, properdin, immunoglobulins G or M. It does, however, require the presence of a heat-labile cofactor(s) for expression of its activity.Entities:
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Year: 1971 PMID: 5005313 PMCID: PMC416378 DOI: 10.1128/iai.4.6.709-714.1971
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441