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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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Opsonic activity of cell adhesion proteins and beta-l,3-glucan binding proteins from two crustaceans.
CLASSIFICATION OF HEMOCYTES FROM FOUR CRUSTACEANS AND CROSS-REACTIVITY OF THEIR ANTISERA
[20,21] Higher incidence in older age group may be due to immunosuppression caused by various factors like diabetes mellitus, chronic hepatitis, anaemia and non-adherence to antibiotic course and infants there may be poor development of immune system which may associated with acquired chemotactic or opsonic defects
STUDY ON PREVALENCE OF METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; COMPARISON OF FOUR DIAGNOSTIC METHODS FOR DETECTING MRSA- FROM A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL, MADURAI
As can be seen in Table 1, sera from immunized mice had significant level opsonic activity against these two type streptococci, resulting in 93.1% and 89.5% decrease of CFU, respectively.
Immunogenicity and Safety of a Chemically Synthesized Divalent Group A Streptococcal Vaccine
Ohman, "Role of alginate O acetylation in resistance of mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa to opsonic phagocytosis," Infection and Immunity, vol.
Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes or Hydrogen Peroxide Enhance Biofilm Development of Mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa
These patients typically have a reduction in serum bactericidal, opsonic activity, complement, and fibronectin levels7,8.
FREQUENCY OF DIFFERENT INFECTIONS IN PATIENTS WITH HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY DUE TO CIRRHOSIS LIVER
Other aliquots of resuspended pellets were washed with water to lyse neutrophils and then serially diluted for colony count assays or stripped of opsonic C3-fragments and C4-fragments.
Hyperglycemia inhibits complement-mediated immunological control of S. aureus in a rat model of peritonitis
equi and VapA protein antigen associated with a water-based nanoparticle adjuvant as a candidate vaccine developed a higher serum IgG and opsonic activity, which resulted in passive antibody-mediated protection of foals [14].
The effectiveness of anti-R. equi hyperimmune plasma against R. equi challenge in thoroughbred Arabian foals of mares vaccinated with R. equi vaccine
In vitro studies showed that stealth vesicles obtained by PEG coating can associate with a pool of opsonic proteins of serum and plasma such as components of the complement system and immunoglobulins.
Stealth properties to improve therapeutic efficacy of drug nanocarriers
* C3b and C3bi (possess opsonic activity promoting the phagocytosis of pathogens).
Innate immunity: innate immune mechanisms confer essential first-line host defence against the unrelenting threat posed by environmental microbial and viral pathogens
The contribution of complement to opsonic activity in the uterine secretions of mares free of endometritis Theriogenology 39:601-09.
Therapeutic use of immunomodulators in endometritic cows and their effect on WBC and RBC indices
Generally, protection against GAS infection has been correlated with presence of type specific opsonic antibodies against M protein (7).
Virulence potential of Group A streptococci isolated from throat cultures of children from north India
F-type lectin from the sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax): purification, cDNA cloning, tissue expression and localization, and opsonic activity.
Isolation and characterization of a French bean hemagglutinin with antitumor, antifungal, and anti-HIV-1 reverse transcriptase activities and an exceptionally high yield
Tripep added that it had out-licensed the RAS technology to US Opsonic Therapeutics.
Swedish Tripep after-tax loss narrows to SEK2.3m Q3 '09
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