C. Carafa

Staphylococcus aureus Cowan I. Potent stimulus of immunoglobulin M rheumatoid factor production.

Levinson, A I, Tar, L, Carafa, C, Haidar, M

These studies demonstrate that Staphylococcus aureus Cowan I (SAC), a protein A-positive Staphylococcal strain, is a potent and consistent inducer of IgM rheumatoid factor production by normal human...

Staphylococcus aureus Cowan I. Potent stimulus of immunoglobulin M rheumatoid factor production.

Levinson, A I, Tar, L, Carafa, C, Haidar, M

These studies demonstrate that Staphylococcus aureus Cowan I (SAC), a protein A-positive Staphylococcal strain, is a potent and consistent inducer of IgM rheumatoid factor production by normal human...

Analysis of in vitro polyclonal B cell differentiation responses to bacterial peptidoglycan and pokeweed mitogen in rheumatoid arthritis.

Pardo, I, Carafa, C, Dziarski, R, Levinson, A I

To gain insight into possible determinants of in vivo polyclonal B cell activation seen in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), we enumerated immunoglobulin secreting cells appearing in cultures of peripheral...