Human antibodies to bacterial polyaaccharides consist primarily of IgG and are largely restricted to the IgG2 subclass. We examined the ontogeny of the IgG subclass response to pneumococcal ...

After a preliminary blood sample had been obtained all patients were injected subcutaneously in the arm with 0.08 mg. each of pneumococcus capsular polysaccharide Types 2 and 7. Three weeks later a ...

Strings of sugars called polysaccharides are the most abundant biopolymers on Earth. Because of their versatile and environmentally friendly properties, these molecules could eventually replace some ...

– Preclinical data show synergistic protective effect of anti-protein and anti-polysaccharide antibodies in a highly virulent model of serotype 3 invasive pneumococcal disease – – Presentation at the ...

Most of the carbon fixed by plants through photosynthesis is ultimately stored in the cell wall, primarily in the form of polysaccharides such as cellulose, xylan, and glucomannan. Yet how plants ...