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  C9-mediated killing of bacterial cells by transferred C5b-8 complexes: transferred C5b-9 complexes are nonbactericidal.

  K P Blanchard, J R Dankert
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  A Candida albicans surface antigen mediating adhesion and autoaggregation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

  M Barki, Y Koltin, M van Wetter, M Rosenberg
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  Recombinant soluble interleukin-4 (IL-4) receptor acts as an antagonist of IL-4 in murine cutaneous Leishmaniasis.

  A Gessner, K Schröppel, A Will, K H Enssle, L Lauffer, M Röllinghoff
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  Alteration of the pilin adhesin of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO results in normal pilus biogenesis but a loss of adherence to human pneumocyte cells and decreased virulence in mice.

  M A Farinha, B D Conway, L M Glasier, N W Ellert, R T Irvin, R Sherburne, W Paranchych
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  Effects of temperature, time, and toxin concentration on lesion formation by the Escherichia coli hemolysin.

  M Moayeri, R A Welch
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  Characterization and genetic complementation of a Brucella abortus high-temperature-requirement A (htrA) deletion mutant.

  P H Elzer, R W Phillips, M E Kovach, K M Peterson, R M Roop
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  In vivo production of heat shock protein in mouse peritoneal macrophages by administration of lipopolysaccharide.

  Y H Zhang, K Takahashi, G Z Jiang, X M Zhang, M Kawai, M Fukada, T Yokochi
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  Role of interleukin-8 (IL-8) and an inhibitory effect of erythromycin on IL-8 release in the airways of patients with chronic airway diseases.

  K Oishi, F Sonoda, S Kobayashi, A Iwagaki, T Nagatake, K Matsushima, K Matsumoto
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  Virulence properties and attaching-effacing activity of Escherichia coli O45 from swine postweaning diarrhea.

  C Zhu, J Harel, M Jacques, C Desautels, M S Donnenberg, M Beaudry, J M Fairbrother
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  Staphylococcal glycocalyx activates macrophage prostaglandin E2 and interleukin 1 production and modulates tumor necrosis factor alpha and nitric oxide production.

  R D Stout, Y Li, A R Miller, D W Lambe
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  Survival and replication of Rhodococcus equi in macrophages.

  M K Hondalus, D M Mosser
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  Importance of ADP-ribosylation in the morphological changes of PC12 cells induced by cholera toxin.

  C Glineur, C Locht
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  The type 3 fimbrial adhesin gene (mrkD) of Klebsiella species is not conserved among all fimbriate strains.

  T A Schurtz, D B Hornick, T K Korhonen, S Clegg
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  Passive immunity to yersiniae mediated by anti-recombinant V antigen and protein A-V antigen fusion peptide.

  V L Motin, R Nakajima, G B Smirnov, R R Brubaker
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  High-resolution mapping of B-cell epitopes within an antigenic sequence from Eimeria tenella.

  A Talebi, G Mulcahy
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  Molecular cloning and sequencing of the cDNA and gene for a novel elastinolytic metalloproteinase from Aspergillus fumigatus and its expression in Escherichia coli.

  T D Sirakova, A Markaryan, P E Kolattukudy
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  Differential requirements for an intact spleen in induction and expression of B-cell-dependent immunity to Plasmodium chabaudi AS.

  G S Yap, M M Stevenson
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  Murine tissues exposed to cytotoxic drugs display altered patterns of Candida albicans adhesion.

  J L López-Ribot, C S McVay, W L Chaffin
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  A minor 987P protein different from the structural fimbrial subunit is the adhesin.

  A S Khan, D M Schifferli
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  Interleukin 12 is produced in vivo during endotoxemia and stimulates synthesis of gamma interferon.

  F P Heinzel, R M Rerko, P Ling, J Hakimi, D S Schoenhaut
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  Vaccination with pure Mycobacterium leprae proteins inhibits M. leprae multiplication in mouse footpads.

  R H Gelber, V Mehra, B Bloom, L P Murray, P Siu, M Tsang, P J Brennan
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  Heat shock- and alkaline pH-induced proteins of Campylobacter jejuni: characterization and immunological properties.

  Y L Wu, L H Lee, D M Rollins, W M Ching
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  Surface-associated filamentous hemagglutinin induces autoagglutination of Bordetella pertussis.

  F D Menozzi, P E Boucher, G Riveau, C Gantiez, C Locht
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  Role of trypsin-like cleavage at arginine 192 in the enzymatic and cytotonic activities of Escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxin.

  C C Grant, R J Messer, W Cieplak
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  Cloning and characterization of a new protease gene (prtH) from Porphyromonas gingivalis.

  H M Fletcher, H A Schenkein, F L Macrina
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  Mycobacterium bovis BCG priming induces a strong potentiation of the antibody response induced by recombinant BCG expressing a foreign antigen.

  M Gheorghiu, M R Lagranderie, B M Gicquel, C D Leclerc
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  Protein tyrosine kinase activity is essential for Fc gamma receptor-mediated intracellular killing of Staphylococcus aureus by human monocytes.

  L Zheng, P H Nibbering, T P Zomerdijk, R van Furth
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  Effect of genetic variation on induced neutrophilia in mice.

  S B Marley, C L Hadley, D Wakelin
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  Genetic control of antibody responses induced against an antigen delivered by recombinant attenuated Salmonella typhimurium.

  C Fayolle, D O'Callaghan, P Martineau, A Charbit, J M Clément, M Hofnung, C Leclerc
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  Influence of polyclonal immunoglobulins on the polymorphonuclear leukocyte response to lipopolysaccharide of Salmonella enteritidis as measured with luminol-enhanced chemiluminescence.

  D R Wagner, D Heinrich
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  Development of large intestinal attaching and effacing lesions in pigs in association with the feeding of a particular diet.

  N A Neef, S McOrist, R J Lysons, A P Bland, B G Miller
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  Purification, pore-forming ability, and antigenic relatedness of the major outer membrane protein of Shigella dysenteriae type 1.

  S Roy, A B Das, A N Ghosh, T Biswas
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  Monoclonal antibodies against enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli colonization factor antigen I (CFA/I) that cross-react immunologically with heterologous CFAs.

  A Rudin, M M McConnell, A M Svennerholm
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  Cloning of a genetic determinant from Clostridium difficile involved in adherence to tissue culture cells and mucus.

  T Karjalainen, M C Barc, A Collignon, S Trollé, H Boureau, J Cotte-Laffitte, P Bourlioux
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  Effects of a Porphyromonas gingivalis infection on inflammatory mediator response and pregnancy outcome in hamsters.

  J G Collins, H W Windley, R R Arnold, S Offenbacher
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  Immune responses to band 3 neoantigens on Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes in subjects living in an area of intense malaria transmission are associated with low parasite density and high hematocrit value.

  B Hogh, E Petersen, I Crandall, A Gottschau, I W Sherman
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  Glycolipid receptors for attachment of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae to porcine respiratory ciliated cells.

  Q Zhang, T F Young, R F Ross
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  Increased concentrations of interleukin-6 and interleukin-1 receptor antagonist and decreased concentrations of beta-2-glycoprotein I in Gambian children with cerebral malaria.

  P H Jakobsen, V McKay, S D Morris-Jones, W McGuire, M B van Hensbroek, S Meisner, K Bendtzen, I Schousboe, I C Bygbjerg, B M Greenwood
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  rodletless mutants of Aspergillus fumigatus.

  N Thau, M Monod, B Crestani, C Rolland, G Tronchin, J P Latgé, S Paris
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  HYP1, a hydrophobin gene from Aspergillus fumigatus, complements the rodletless phenotype in Aspergillus nidulans.

  M Parta, Y Chang, S Rulong, P Pinto-DaSilva, K J Kwon-Chung
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  Antigen provoking gamma interferon production in response to Mycobacterium bovis BCG and functional difference in T-cell responses to this antigen between viable and killed BCG-immunized mice.

  I Kawamura, J Yang, Y Takaesu, M Fujita, K Nomoto, M Mitsuyama
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  Epithelial glucosphingolipid expression as a determinant of bacterial adherence and cytokine production.

  M Svensson, R Lindstedt, N S Radin, C Svanborg
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  Genetic map of the Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae RTX-toxin (Apx) operons: characterization of the ApxIII operons.

  R Jansen, J Briaire, A B van Geel, E M Kamp, A L Gielkens, M A Smits
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  Immune response of Brazilian children to a Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B outer membrane protein vaccine: comparison with efficacy.

  L G Milagres, S R Ramos, C T Sacchi, C E Melles, V S Vieira, H Sato, G S Brito, J C Moraes, C E Frasch
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  Structure of cell wall mannan of Candida kefyr IFO 0586.

  H Kobayashi, M Komido, M Watanabe, K Matsuda, M Suzuki, T Ikeda, H Oyamada, N Shibata, S Suzuki
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  Anthrax edema toxin differentially regulates lipopolysaccharide-induced monocyte production of tumor necrosis factor alpha and interleukin-6 by increasing intracellular cyclic AMP.

  D L Hoover, A M Friedlander, L C Rogers, I K Yoon, R L Warren, A S Cross
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  Laboratory and preliminary clinical characterization of Vi capsular polysaccharide-protein conjugate vaccines.

  S C Szu, D N Taylor, A C Trofa, J D Clements, J Shiloach, J C Sadoff, D A Bryla, J B Robbins
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  Essential role of YopD in inhibition of the respiratory burst of macrophages by Yersinia enterocolitica.

  E L Hartland, S P Green, W A Phillips, R M Robins-Browne
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  Construction of a BALB/c congenic mouse, C.C3H-Lpsd, that expresses the Lpsd allele: analysis of chromosome 4 markers surrounding the Lps gene.

  S N Vogel, J S Wax, P Y Perera, C Padlan, M Potter, B A Mock
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  Localization of high-molecular-weight adhesion proteins of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae by immunoelectron microscopy.

  L O Bakaletz, S J Barenkamp
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  Nucleotide sequence of the Streptococcus gordonii PK488 coaggregation adhesin gene, scaA, and ATP-binding cassette.

  P E Kolenbrander, R N Andersen, N Ganeshkumar
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  Cytotoxicity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa internal lectin PA-I to respiratory epithelial cells in primary culture.

  O Bajolet-Laudinat, S Girod-de Bentzmann, J M Tournier, C Madoulet, M C Plotkowski, C Chippaux, E Puchelle
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  Naturally acquired human antibodies which recognize the first epidermal growth factor-like module in the Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 1 do not inhibit parasite growth in vitro.

  J A Chappel, A F Egan, E M Riley, P Druilhe, A A Holder
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  Polysaccharide capsule-mediated resistance to opsonophagocytosis in Klebsiella pneumoniae.

  P Domenico, R J Salo, A S Cross, B A Cunha
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  Identification of an immunoglobulin Fc receptor of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans.

  K P Mintz, P M Fives-Taylor
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  Cryptosporidium parvum infection of Caco-2 cell monolayers induces an apical monolayer defect, selectively increases transmonolayer permeability, and causes epithelial cell death.

  J K Griffiths, R Moore, S Dooley, G T Keusch, S Tzipori
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  Identification of a locus involved in the utilization of iron by Haemophilus influenzae.

  J D Sanders, L D Cope, E J Hansen
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  Identification of surface-exposed outer membrane antigens of Helicobacter pylori.

  P Doig, T J Trust
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  Enterococcus faecalis aggravates pyelonephritis caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in experimental ascending mixed urinary tract infection in mice.

  N Tsuchimori, R Hayashi, A Shino, T Yamazaki, K Okonogi
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  Parameters that influence the efficiency of processing antigenic epitopes expressed in Salmonella typhimurium.

  M J Wick, C V Harding, S J Normark, J D Pfeifer
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  Complement activation by whole endotoxin is blocked by a monoclonal antibody to factor B.

  C W Clardy
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  Staphylococcus saprophyticus hemagglutinin binds fibronectin.

  S Gatermann, H G Meyer
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  Binding of the extracellular matrix component entactin to Candida albicans.

  J L López-Ribot, W L Chaffin
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  Pili and lipopolysaccharide of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bind to the glycolipid asialo GM1.

  S K Gupta, R S Berk, S Masinick, L D Hazlett
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  Mycoplasma agassizii causes upper respiratory tract disease in the desert tortoise.

  M B Brown, I M Schumacher, P A Klein, K Harris, T Correll, E R Jacobson
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  Characterization of hemagglutinating components on the Anaplasma marginale initial body surface and identification of possible adhesins.

  D J McGarey, D R Allred
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  Putative adhesins of Anaplasma marginale: major surface polypeptides 1a and 1b.

  D J McGarey, A F Barbet, G H Palmer, T C McGuire, D R Allred
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  Host specificity of Salmonella infection in chickens and mice is expressed in vivo primarily at the level of the reticuloendothelial system.

  P A Barrow, M B Huggins, M A Lovell
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  Pore formation by the Escherichia coli alpha-hemolysin: role for mediator release from human inflammatory cells.

  B König, A Ludwig, W Goebel, W König
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  Mouse T lymphocytes that express a gamma delta T-cell antigen receptor contribute to resistance to Salmonella infection in vivo.

  P F Mixter, V Camerini, B J Stone, V L Miller, M Kronenberg
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  Virulent Treponema pallidum promotes adhesion of leukocytes to human vascular endothelial cells.

  B S Riley, N Oppenheimer-Marks, J D Radolf, M V Norgard
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  Increased susceptibility to staphylococcal enterotoxin B intoxication in mice primed with actinomycin D.

  J Y Chen, Y Qiao, J L Komisar, W B Baze, I C Hsu, J Tseng
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  Biological activities of native and recombinant Borrelia burgdorferi outer surface protein A: dependence on lipid modification.

  J J Weis, Y Ma, L F Erdile
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  Protective role of sialophorin (CD43)-expressing cells in experimental Staphylococcus aureus infection.

  T Bremell, R Holmdahl, A Tarkowski
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  Salmonella invasion of nonphagocytic cells induces formation of macropinosomes in the host cell.

  F Garcia-del Portillo, B B Finlay
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  Lymphocyte proliferation in response to immunodominant antigens of Brucella abortus 2308 and RB51 in strain 2308-infected cattle.

  M G Stevens, S C Olsen, N F Cheville
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  Stimulation or inhibition of the respiratory burst in cultured macrophages in a mycobacterium model: initial stimulation is followed by inhibition after phagocytosis.

  A H Gordon, P D Hart
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  Effects of Escherichia coli and Porphyromonas gingivalis lipopolysaccharide on pregnancy outcome in the golden hamster.

  J G Collins, M A Smith, R R Arnold, S Offenbacher
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  Characterization of rhoptry proteins of Eimeria tenella sporozoites: antigenic diversity of rhoptry epitopes within species of the genus Eimeria and among three asexual generations of a single species, E. tenella.

  F M Tomley
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  Lymphocyte proliferation in response to Brucella abortus 2308 or RB51 antigens in mice infected with strain 2308, RB51, or 19.

  M G Stevens, S C Olsen, G W Pugh
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  Serum Cohn fraction IV-1 supports the growth of Giardia lamblia in vitro.

  H D Lujan, L G Byrd, M R Mowatt, T E Nash
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  Arginine aminopeptidase, an integral membrane protein of the Cryptosporidium parvum sporozoite.

  P C Okhuysen, H L DuPont, C R Sterling, C L Chappell
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  Mycobacterial lipoarabinomannan induces nitric oxide and tumor necrosis factor alpha production in a macrophage cell line: down regulation by taurine chloramine.

  G B Schuller-Levis, W R Levis, M Ammazzalorso, A Nosrati, E Park
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  In vivo production of neuraminidase by Pasteurella haemolytica A1 in goats after transthoracic challenge.

  D C Straus, C W Purdy
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  The fibronectin adhesin of Candida albicans.

  S A Klotz, R C Hein, R L Smith, J B Rouse
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  Effects of temperature stress on expression of fimbriae and superoxide dismutase by Porphyromonas gingivalis.

  A Amano, A Sharma, H T Sojar, H K Kuramitsu, R J Genco
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  Analysis of a naturally occurring K99+ enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli strain that fails to produce K99.

  R E Isaacson, S Patterson
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  Mycoplasma arginini TUH-14 membrane lipoproteins induce production of interleukin-1, interleukin-6, and tumor necrosis factor alpha by human monocytes.

  A Herbelin, E Ruuth, D Delorme, C Michel-Herbelin, F Praz