Definition of "zymosan" []

• An insoluble carbohydrate from the cell wall of yeast, used especially in the immunoassay of properdin. (noun)

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• "The scientists then fed particles called zymosan (killed yeast cells) to macrophages that lacked TLR."
• "Here we show that zymosan -, immunoglobulin G (IgG) - and complement-mediated particle binding and phagocytosis were impaired in macrophages lacking the cation channel TRPV2."
• "Lisner kept hearing shots and feared for her life, and she shot him in the chest zymosan"