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    Lipopolysaccharide (redirect from Endotoxin)
    Lipopolysaccharide, now more commonly known as endotoxin, is a collective term for components of the outermost membrane of cell envelope of gram-negative...
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    Delta endotoxins (δ-endotoxins) are a family of pore-forming toxins produced by Bacillus thuringiensis species of bacteria. They are useful for their insecticidal...
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  • fever. Bacterial pyrogens include endotoxins and exotoxins, although many pyrogens are endogenous to the host. Endotoxins include lipopolysaccharide (LPS)...
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    2017-04-02. Shoji H (February 2003). "Extracorporeal endotoxin removal for the treatment of sepsis: endotoxin adsorption cartridge (Toraymyxin)". Therapeutic...
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    Atlantic horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus. LAL reacts with bacterial endotoxins such as lipopolysaccharides (LPS), which are components of the bacterial...
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    meningitidis), a Gram-negative diplococcus organism, releases endotoxin when it lyses. Endotoxin activates the Hageman factor (clotting factor XII), which...
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    a small amount of endotoxin enters the bloodstream because the intestinal wall works as a barrier and limits the inflow of endotoxin into the bloodstream...
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  • multicellular organisms has been held for many decades, and references to an "endotoxin receptor" are found in much of the older literature. The recognition of...
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    Lipid A is a lipid component of an endotoxin held responsible for the toxicity of gram-negative bacteria. It is the innermost of the three regions of...
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    population of tissue-resident macrophages in the body. Gut bacteria, bacterial endotoxins, and microbial debris transported to the liver from the gastrointestinal...
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  • chromosomally encoded and intrinsic to the bacteria (e.g. capsules and endotoxin), whereas others are obtained from mobile genetic elements like plasmids...
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  • European Union Europa Universalis, a strategy video game Endotoxin unit, a measure of endotoxin levels Entropy unit, a non-S.I. unit of entropy that is...
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    In 1944, endotoxin was isolated from Coley's bacterial toxins as the substance responsible for the anticancer effect. In particular, endotoxin could cause...
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    realized that endotoxins were expressed by most and perhaps all gram-negative bacteria. The lipopolysaccharide character of enteric endotoxins was elucidated...
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  • Bang, developed the Limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL) test for bacterial endotoxins. Jack Levin attended Yale School of Medicine (M.D.,1957). Levin joined...
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    toxins may be classified as either exotoxins, excreted by an organism, or endotoxins, which are released mainly when bacteria are lysed. The term "biotoxin"...
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    as well as motility. Between the strains, the microbial genus produces endotoxins unique to the species. As a gram negative bacterium, the lipopolysaccharide...
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    the synergistic relationship between endotoxin and SAg, the “double hit” effect of the activity of the endotoxin and the SAg result in effects more deleterious...
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  • It is published by SAGE Publications on behalf of the International Endotoxin & Innate Immunity Society and the editor-in-chief is Otto Holst (Research...
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    Exotoxin Endotoxin Lipopolysaccharide Lipid A Bacillus thuringiensis delta endotoxin Cry1Ac Cry3Bb1 Other B. thuringiensis toxins Cry6Aa Cry34Ab1 Virulence...
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  • Holsboer, Florian; Pollmächer, Thomas (2000). "Dose-dependent effects of endotoxin on human sleep". American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory, Integrative...
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    survival. The procoagulant response to lipopolysaccharide (bacterial endotoxin) is reduced in Duffy antigen negative Africans compared with Duffy positive...
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  • Gram-negative infections in MODS patients are relatively common, hence endotoxins have been advanced as principal mediator in this disorder. It is thought...
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    Single-use medical devices include any medical equipment, instrument or apparatus having the ability to only be used once in a hospital or clinic and then...
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    membrane contains lipopolysaccharide (LPS), whose lipid A portion acts as an endotoxin. If gram-negative bacteria enter the circulatory system, LPS can trigger...
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    nucleotide polymorphism in the CD14 region and exposure to endotoxin (a bacterial product). Endotoxin exposure can come from several environmental sources including...
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    with the O-antigen eliciting an immune response and lipid A acting as an endotoxin. Additionally, the outer membrane acts as a selective barrier, regulated...
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    Exotoxin Endotoxin Lipopolysaccharide Lipid A Bacillus thuringiensis delta endotoxin Cry1Ac Cry3Bb1 Other B. thuringiensis toxins Cry6Aa Cry34Ab1 Virulence...
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    Exotoxin Endotoxin Lipopolysaccharide Lipid A Bacillus thuringiensis delta endotoxin Cry1Ac Cry3Bb1 Other B. thuringiensis toxins Cry6Aa Cry34Ab1 Virulence...
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    Exotoxin Endotoxin Lipopolysaccharide Lipid A Bacillus thuringiensis delta endotoxin Cry1Ac Cry3Bb1 Other B. thuringiensis toxins Cry6Aa Cry34Ab1 Virulence...
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