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op·son·ic

 (ŏp-sŏn′ĭk)
adj.
Of, relating to, or produced by opsonins.
[opson(in) + -ic.]
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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
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
An impaired opsonic activity of antibodies has been reported in multigravid women coinfected with HIV and malaria as in comparison to those without HIV.
Effects of malaria and human immunodeficiency virus co-infection during pregnancy
Nephelometer: an instrument for estimating the number of bacteria in suspensions used for calculating the opsonic index and for vaccines.
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Diuresis of cirrhotic ascites increases its opsonic activity and may help prevent spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.
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This concurs with the report of Cline and Lehrer who indicated that the opsonic property of Candida immune serum was attributed to the presence of specific IgG, and not to activation of the complement system.
Preparation of anti-Candida albicans antibodies in an egg-laying hen and their protective efficacy in mice
The opsonic, or bactericidal, activity for the last cohort of the Phase II study has not be examined to date, but the vaccine-induced antibody increases detected by ELISA in this cohort are consistent with previous studies of StreptAvax that correlated vaccine induced antibodies with bactericidal or killing activity of the vaccine.
ID Biomedical Announces Positive Results from Phase II Clinical Trial of StreptAvax Vaccine
and Opsonic Therapeutics and is a member of the GlaxoSmithKline Biopharm Investment Board.
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