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Cell Wall Skeleton

Known as: Cell Wall Skeleton [Chemical/Ingredient] 
A mucoprotein found in the cell wall of various types of bacteria. It has adjuvant and antitumor activities and has been used to augment the… 
National Institutes of Health

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Cell WallImmunologic Adjuvants
In BloodMucoproteinsProcess of secretionagonists

Narrower (2)

Ribi adjuvantcell wall skeleton, Nocardia

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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Enhancement of Immunologic Tumor Regression by Intratumoral Administration of Dendritic Cells in Combination with Cryoablative Tumor Pretreatment and Bacillus Calmette-Guerin Cell Wall Skeleton…
Purpose: We developed an effective immunotherapy, which could induce antitumor immune responses against shared and unique tumor… 
1998
1998
Transcription of multiple cell wall protein-encoding genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is differentially regulated during the cell cycle.
The yeast cell wall consists of an internal skeletal layer and an outside protein layer. The synthesis of both beta-1,3-glucan… 
1997
1997
Effective adjuvants for the induction of antigen-specific delayed-type hypersensitivity.
1989
1989
Characterization of Mycobacterium leprae cell wall-associated proteins with the use of T lymphocyte clones.
Development of a vaccine against leprosy depends on the identification of Ag that stimulate cell-mediated immune responses. We… 
1983
1983
Effects of mycobacterial fractions and muramyl dipeptide on the resistance of mice to aerogenic influenza virus infection.
1981
1981
Effect of Nocardia rubra cell wall skeleton on T-cell-mediated cytotoxicity in mice bearing syngeneic sarcoma.
Cell-mediated cytotoxicity against syngeneic MC104 fibrosarcoma cells was detected in C57BL/6N mice 7 days after tumor… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Association of macrophage activation with antitumor effect on rat syngeneic fibrosarcoma by Nocardia rubra cell wall skeleton.
The antitumor activities of the cell wall skeleton (CWS) of Nocardia rubra were demonstrated for syngeneic fibrosarcoma (AMC-60… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
IMMUNOTHERAPY OF CANCER WITH CELL WALL SKELETON OF MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS‐BACILLUS CALMETTE‐GUÉRIN: EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL RESULTS
Adjuvant and antitumor activities of CWS prepared from cells of mycobacteria, nocardia, and corynebacteria were examined. Oil… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Biologically active components from mycobacterial cell walls. IV. Protection of mice against aerosol infection with virulent mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Biologically active components from mycobacterial cell walls. V. Granuloma formation in mouse lungs and guinea pig skin.
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