Antiphagin
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Antiphagin is a term proposed by Chistovich and Yurevich for substances located on the surface of pathogenic microbes that protect them from phagocytosis. These substances correspond to the components found within Bail's aggressins.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
ANTIPHAGIN, a term proposed by Chistovich and Yurevich for a substance located on the surface of pathogenic microbes and protecting the microbes from phagocytosis. Chistovich and Yurevich showed that after thorough washing of virulent cultures of pneumococcus and chicken cholera, the filtrates passed through a Chamberland candle contain substances that interfere with the phagocytosis of the corresponding microbes. In other words, these are the same substances that form a part of the whole in the so-called aggressins of Bail. Everything that has been said about aggressins (see) is therefore applicable to antiphagin as well.
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“Antiphagin.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/antiphagin/