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. 1985 Mar;178(3):500-3.
doi: 10.3181/00379727-178-rc4.

C-reactive protein binds leishmanial excreted factors

D G Pritchard, J E Volanakis, G M Slutsky, C L Greenblatt

C-reactive protein binds leishmanial excreted factors

D G Pritchard et al. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med. 1985 Mar.

Abstract

Excreted factors from Leishmania tropica and Leishmania donovani are precipitated by human and rabbit C-reactive protein. The reaction is calcium dependent and appears to be similar to that reported to occur between C-reactive protein and various galactans. The absence of phosphate and N-acetyl galactosamine suggests that the reaction is not the result of any similarity of the excreted factors to pneumococcal C-polysaccharide.

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