Dr. Leif T Rasmussen DDS
Dentist
19715 Vashon Hwy Sw Vashon WA, 98070About
Dr. Leif Rasmussen is a Dentist practicing in Vashon, WA. Dr. Rasmussen specializes in preventing, diagnosing, and treating diseases and conditions associated with the mouth and overall dental health. Dentists are trained to carry out such treatment as professional cleaning, restorative, prosthodontic, and endodontic procedures, and performing examinations, among many others.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Phagocytosis of beta-1,3-D-glucan-derivatized microbeads by mouse peritoneal macrophages involves three different receptors.
- Novel immunomodulators with pronounced in vivo effects caused by stimulation of cytokine release.
- Tumor necrosis factor and interleukin 1 appearance in experimental gram-negative septic shock. The effects of plasma exchange with albumin and plasma infusion.
- Dynamics of blood components and peritoneal fluid during treatment of murine E. coli sepsis with beta-1,3-D-polyglucose derivatives. II. Interleukin 1, tumour necrosis factor, prostaglandin E2, and leukotriene B4.
- Dynamics of blood components and peritoneal fluid during treatment of murine E. coli sepsis with beta-1,3-D-polyglucose derivatives. I. Cells.
- Analysis of SNAP25 mRNA expression and promoter DNA methylation in brain areas of Alzheimer's Disease patients.
- The modulatory effect of lipoproteins on the release of interleukin 1 by human peritoneal macrophages stimulated with beta-1,3-D-polyglucose derivatives.
- Evidence that tumor necrosis induced by aminated beta 1-3D polyglucose is mediated by a concerted action of local and systemic cytokines.
- The protective effect of beta 1-3D-glucan-derivatized plastic beads against Escherichia coli infection in mice.
- In vivo activation of mouse macrophages with beta-1,3-D-glucan-derivatized plastic beads.
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