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Measles virus hemagglutinin protein expressed in transgenic lettuce induces neutralising antibodies in mice following mucosal vaccination by Webster, D.E., Smith, S.D., Pickering, R.J., Strugnell, R.A., Dry, I.B., Wesselingh, S.L.

“…Plant-made oral vaccines have the potential to overcome many of the limitations of traditional vaccines. Here we report on progress towards a lettuce-made…”
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Crude saponins improve the immune response to an oral plant-made measles vaccine by Pickering, R.J., Smith, S.D., Strugnell, R.A., Wesselingh, S.L., Webster, D.E.

“…Millions of people live in areas where infectious diseases, such as measles, are endemic and resources are scarce. Heat-stable vaccines that are delivered…”
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Demand-side medical education: educating future physicians for Ontario by Neufeld, V R, Maudsley, R F, Pickering, R J, Walters, B C, Turnbull, J M, Spasoff, R A, Hollomby, D J, LaVigne, K J

“…Initiated by Associated Medical Services (AMS), Educating Future Physicians for Ontario is a 5-year collaborative project whose overall goal is to make medical…”
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A new wattmeter for traceable power measurements at audio frequencies by Pickering, J.R., Wright, P.S.

“…This paper describes the development of a wattmeter designed for traceable power measurements to 30 kHz and above. A description is given of a technique, which…”
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Educating future physicians for Ontario by Neufeld, V R, Maudsley, R F, Pickering, R J, Turnbull, J M, Weston, W W, Brown, M G, Simpson, J C

“…In 1987, Ontario's physicians conducted a strike, ultimately not successful, over the issue of "extra billing." The fact that the Ontario public did not…”
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Effect of prostaglandins on complement production by tissue macrophages by Rediske, J J, Pickering, R J

“…Tissue macrophages produce several proteins of the complement system. The mechanisms that regulate this process are poorly understood. The established ability…”
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C5a-induced tracheal contraction: effect of an SRS-A antagonist and inhibitors of arachidonate metabolism by Regal, JF, Pickering, RJ

“…C5a, a peptide derived from the fifth component of complement, has been shown to cause significant prolonged smooth muscle contraction in isolated guinea pig…”
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Arachidonic acid-mediated and serum-opsonized-zymosan-mediated inhibition of complement production by macrophages. Lack of requirement for endogenous arachidonic acid metabolites by Rediske, J J, Pickering, R J

“…The ability of exogenous prostaglandins to inhibit complement production (CP) by monocytes and macrophages (M phi) suggests that endogenous arachidonic acid…”
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Setting educational priorities for learning the concepts of population health by MacDonald, P J, Chong, J P, Chongtrakul, P, Neufeld, V R, Tugwell, P, Chambers, L W, Pickering, R J, Oates, M J

“…Following the World Health Organization's policy of 'Health for All by the Year 2000', doctors are increasingly being seen as health care providers to…”
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C5a induced tracheal contraction: a histamine independent mechanism by Regal, JF, Eastman, AY, Pickering, RJ

“…C5a, a peptide derived from the fifth component of complement, caused significant prolonged smooth muscle contraction in isolated guinea pig trachea…”
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Deficiency of the second complement component association with the HLA haplotype A10, B18 in a normal population by Rynes, R I, Britten, A F, Pickering, R J

“…Serum C2 activity was measured in 135 individuals drawn from a panel of 418 tissue-typed blood donors. The study group included all donors with HLA antigens…”
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Passive Hemolysis by Serum and Cobra Venom Factor: A New Mechanism Inducing Membrane Damage by Complement by Pickering, R. J., Wolfson, M. R., Good, R. A., Gewurz, H.

“…The studies presented here indicate that activation of the complement (C′) system by a foreign protein will cause membrane injury and passive lysis of…”
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The complement profile in acute glomerulonephritis systemic lupus erythematosus and hypocomplementemic chronic glomerulonephritis. Contrasts and experimental correlations by Gewurz, H, Pickering, R J, Mergenhagen, S E, Good, R A

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The Effect of Cobra Venom Factor on Hemostasis in Guinea Pigs by Dodds, W. Jean, Pickering, Richard J.

“…Recent investigations have indicated an association between the coagulation and complement systems. Our present studies, designed to explore this association…”
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Chronic glomerulonephritis associated with low serum complement activity (chronic hypocomplementemic glomerulonephritis) by Pickering, R J, Herdman, R C, Michael, A F, Vernier, R L, Gewurz, H, Fish, A J, Good, R A

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Heterogeneity of the clinical syndrome in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and genetic deficiency of the second complement component by Rynes, R I, Urizar, R E, Pickering, R J

“…Two patients with systemic lupus erythematosus associated with homozygous deficiency of the second complement component (SLE-C2D) illustrate the different…”
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Purified cobra venom factor: effect on blood platelets by Dodds, W J, Pickering, R J

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Significance of abnormalities of serum complement in human disease by Pickering, R J

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Deficiency of C1r in human serum. Effects on the structure and function of macromolecular C1 by Pickering, R J, Naff, G B, Stroud, R M, Good, R A, Gewurz, H

“…THE EXPERIMENTS PRESENTED HERE UTILIZE A HUMAN SERUM MARKEDLY DEFICIENT IN HEMOLYTIC COMPLEMENT ACTIVITY TO SHOW THAT: (a) The hemolytic deficiency is the…”
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The fifth component of the guinea pig complement system. 3. Dissociation and transfer of C5b, and the probable site of C5b fixation by Shin, H S, Pickering, R J, Mayer, M M

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