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The molecular mechanisms of severe typhoid fever.

Synthesis and immunological activity of water-soluble thalidomide prodrugs.

Depletion of plasma factor XIII prevents disseminated intravascular coagulation-induced organ damage.

Towards a 'human-like' model of tuberculosis: intranasal inoculation of LPS induces intragranulomatous lung necrosis in mice infected aerogenically with Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Resistance of natural killer T cell-deficient mice to systemic Shwartzman reaction.

[Delayed-type hypersensitivity and caseous necrosis in tuberculous granuloma. New ideas for the design of a new vaccine against human tuberculosis].

The liver as a crucial organ in the first line of host defense: the roles of Kupffer cells, natural killer (NK) cells and NK1.1 Ag+ T cells in T helper 1 immune responses.

The potential role of the Arthus and Shwartzman reactions in the pathogenesis of pneumonic pasteurellosis.

Cutting edge: IL-15 costimulates the generalized Shwartzman reaction and innate immune IFN-gamma production in vivo.

Exacerbation of vascular endothelial injury in the generalized Shwartzman reaction by the administration of anti-E-selectin antibody.

Insights from von Willebrand disease animal models.

alpha-MSH reduces vasculitis in the local Shwartzman reaction.

Expression of Fas and Fas ligand on mouse renal tubular epithelial cells in the generalized shwartzman reaction and its relationship to apoptosis.

Are circulating neutrophils intravascularly activated in patients with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitides?

Involvement of NK1+ T cells and their IFN-gamma production in the generalized Shwartzman reaction.

Treatment with homodimeric interleukin-12 (IL-12) p40 protects mice from IL-12-dependent shock but not from tumor necrosis factor alpha-dependent shock.

Expression of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) on vascular endothelial cells and renal tubular cells in the generalized Shwartzman reaction as an experimental disseminated intravascular coagulation model.

Comparison of the reversed passive Arthus and local Shwartzman reactions of rabbit skin: effects of the long-acting PAF antagonist UK-74,505.

Involvement of tumor necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin-1 beta, interleukin-8, and interleukin-1 receptor antagonist in acute lung injury caused by local Shwartzman reaction.

Immunomodulation of LPS ability to induce the local Shwartzman reaction.