Influence of physico-chemical properties of chitin and chitosan on complement activation

Formation of the initial C3 convertase of the alternative complement pathway. Acquisition of C3b-like activities by spontaneous hydrolysis of the putative thioester in native C3.

Michael K. Pangburn, Robert D. Schreiber, Hans J. Müller‐Eberhard · The Journal of Experimental Medicine · 1981 · 443 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +10

Highly deacetylated chitosan and its properties

Seiichi Mima, Masaru Miya, Reikichi Iwamoto et al. · Journal of Applied Polymer Science · 1983 · 432 citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Science, Biomaterials +12

Evaluation of different absorbance ratios from infrared spectroscopy for analyzing the degree of deacetylation in chitin

Yoshihiro Shigemasa, Hiroaki Matsuura, Hitoshi Sashiwa et al. · International Journal of Biological Macromolecules · 1996 · 430 citations

Natural Sciences, Biochemistry, Chemistry +12

Relation of putative thioester bond in C3 to activation of the alternative pathway and the binding of C3b to biological targets of complement.

Michael K. Pangburn, Hans J. Müller‐Eberhard · The Journal of Experimental Medicine · 1980 · 336 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +11

Protective effects of oligosaccharides in P-selectin-dependent lung injury

Michael S. Mulligan, James C. Paulson, Shawn De Freest et al. · Nature · 1993 · 317 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Immunology +14