PHAGOCYTIC IMMUNITY

Phagocytic Immunity in Streptococcus Infections

1. In infections with streptococcus in man, such as acute septic endocarditis, and tonsillitis, there is produced a powerful opsonic immunity. 2. This opsonic immunity is effective towards the streptococcus which has caused infection but may be ineffective in the presence of streptococcus from other sources. 3. Little benefit can be expected from streptococcus vaccines unless they are prepared ...

Eating twice for the sake of immunity: a phagocytic receptor that activates autophagy.

The mechanism by which the cell responds to invading pathogens is an area of intense research. Joubert et al. (2009) have found that the phagocytic receptor CD46 is able to activate autophagy through a tripartite interaction between itself, a scaffold protein GOPC, and the autophagy inducer complex of Beclin1-VPS34.

Immunity, and Phagocytic Uptake of Cells Impacts Chaperone Secretion, Innate Endoplasmic Reticulum Calcium Depletion

Phagocytic Immunity in Pneumococcus Infections, and in Pneumonia with Relation to the Crisis

These results seem definitely to show, through animal experiments, that phagocytic immunity is to a high degree specific for the organism used in immunization, and that the amount of opsonin produced in the process depends to a great extent on the virulence of the organism. The negative results obtained with post-critical sera do not mean that opsonins may not be present (our five positive case...

Microbe-induced apoptosis in phagocytic cells and its role in innate immunity

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