Effect of Cortisone, Properdin and Reserpine on Neisseria gonorrhoeae Endotoxin Activity

1 April 1958

journal article
research article
Published by Frontiers Media SA in Experimental Biology and Medicine

Vol. 97 (4), 886-888
https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-97-23910

Abstract

Cortisone significantly protected mice from the lethality of N. gonorrhoeae endotoxin. Similar results were obtained with properdin, provided relatively large doses were employed. Reserpine, under certain conditions, significantly enhanced the toxicity of endotoxin.

Keywords

CORTISONE/EFFECTS
NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE
PROPERDIN/EFFECTS
RESERPINE/EFFECTS

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Preparation and Some Properties of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Endotoxin.
Experimental Biology and Medicine, 1957
THE DEMONSTRATION OF THE BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY OF THE PROPERDIN SYSTEM
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1956
EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ENDOTOXIN IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF BRUCELLOSIS
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