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Endotoxins

Known as: Endotoxins [Chemical/Ingredient], Bacterial Pyrogen, bacterial endotoxin 
The lipopolysaccharide complexes that are part of the outer membrane of the cell wall of Gram-negative bacteria such as E. coli, Salmonella, Shigella… 
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Endotoxin identified:Prid:Pt:XXX:NomIn BloodLimulus TestLipopolysaccharides

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Review
2010
Review
2010
Endotoxins and other sepsis triggers.
Endotoxin, or more accurately termed bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS), is recognized as the most potent microbial mediator… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Isolation of an endotoxin–MD-2 complex that produces Toll-like receptor 4-dependent cell activation at picomolar concentrations
Host proinflammatory responses to minute amounts of endotoxins derived from many Gram-negative bacteria require the interaction… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Prenatal Immune Challenge Disrupts Sensorimotor Gating in Adult Rats: Implications for the Etiopathogenesis of Schizophrenia
Review
2001
Review
2001
Chronic Infections and the Risk of Carotid Atherosclerosis: Prospective Results From a Large Population Study
Review
1996
Review
1996
Bacterial endotoxin: Chemical constitution, biological recognition, host response, and immunological detoxification.
The discovery of endotoxin dates from the late nineteenth century when Richard Pfeiffer, then working in Berlin, characterized… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Interleukin 10 reduces the release of tumor necrosis factor and prevents lethality in experimental endotoxemia
Because of its ability to efficiently inhibit in vitro cytokine production by activated macrophages, we hypothesized that… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Brief report: shock and multiple-organ dysfunction after self-administration of Salmonella endotoxin.
Endotoxin, a lipopolysaccharide component of the outer membrane of gram-negative bacteria, is involved in the pathogenesis of… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Dexamethasone and pentoxifylline inhibit endotoxin-induced cachectin/tumor necrosis factor synthesis at separate points in the signaling pathway
The induction of cachectin/tumor necrosis factor (TNF) synthesis by bacterial endotoxins is a process that entails activation at… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Cultured human endothelial cells generate tissue factor in response to endotoxin.
Bacterial infection is associated with disseminated intravascular coagulation and fibrin deposition in the microcirculation; the… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Detection of endotoxin in human blood and demonstration of an inhibitor.
Abstract Gelation of a lysate of amebocytes of Limulus, the horseshoe crab, is a sensitive indicator of the presence of a variety… 
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