Chitin priming

Oligosaccharides derived from chitin are also very effective promoters of its synthesis in most particulate preparations, possibly by a combination of priming and allosteric activating effects as might be expected, their influences... 

The blood compatibility of chitin and chitosan remains a prime aspect almost 20 years after Hirano reported his studies on chitosan and its acyl derivatives in 1985 [183]. A resurgence of these initial studies was reported by Lee et al. [184]... 

Shibata, Y, Foster, L. A., Metzger, W. J. et al. 1997b. Alveolar macrophage priming by intravenous administration of chitin particles, polymers of IV-acetyl-D-glucosamine, in mice. Infect. Immun. 65 1734-1741. 

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