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* **autoimmune** – A condition or disease thought to arise from an overactive immune response of the body against substances and tissues normally present in the body. | * **autoimmune** – A condition or disease thought to arise from an overactive immune response of the body against substances and tissues normally present in the body. | ||
* **Autoimmunity Research Foundation** – Non-profit foundation dedicated to exploring a pathogenesis and therapy for chronic disease. | * **Autoimmunity Research Foundation** – Non-profit foundation dedicated to exploring a pathogenesis and therapy for chronic disease. | ||
- | * **azithromycin (Zithromax)** – Bacteriostatic antibiotic used by Marshall Protocol patients. Has relatively long half-life. | + | * **azithromycin (Zithromax)** – Bacteriostatic antibiotic |
* **Bactrim DS** – Sulfa antibiotic used by patients on the Marshall Protocol. Combination of sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim. Works by locking bacterial folic acid synthesis. | * **Bactrim DS** – Sulfa antibiotic used by patients on the Marshall Protocol. Combination of sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim. Works by locking bacterial folic acid synthesis. | ||
* **beta-Defensin** – An antimicrobial peptide found primarily in immune cells and transcribed by the Vitamin D Receptor. | * **beta-Defensin** – An antimicrobial peptide found primarily in immune cells and transcribed by the Vitamin D Receptor. | ||
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* **Th1 Pathogens* ** – The community of bacterial pathogens which cause chronic inflammatory disease; one which almost certainly includes multiple species and bacterial forms. | * **Th1 Pathogens* ** – The community of bacterial pathogens which cause chronic inflammatory disease; one which almost certainly includes multiple species and bacterial forms. | ||
* **Th1 Spectrum Disorder* ** – The overlap of different disease symptoms in different patients with similar diagnoses--caused by the fact that any one bacterial species can contribute to numerous disease states. | * **Th1 Spectrum Disorder* ** – The overlap of different disease symptoms in different patients with similar diagnoses--caused by the fact that any one bacterial species can contribute to numerous disease states. | ||
- | * **tetracycline antibiotics** – Family of bacteriostatic antibiotics, | + | * **tetracycline antibiotics** – Family of bacteriostatic antibiotics, |
* **therapeutic probe* ** – A brief trial of the Marshall Protocol to see if it will generate an immunopathological response. The "gold standard" | * **therapeutic probe* ** – A brief trial of the Marshall Protocol to see if it will generate an immunopathological response. The "gold standard" | ||
* **TLR2** – A receptor which is expressed on the surface of certain cells and recognizes native or foreign substances and passes on appropriate signals to the cell and/or the nervous system. Part of the body's innate immune response. | * **TLR2** – A receptor which is expressed on the surface of certain cells and recognizes native or foreign substances and passes on appropriate signals to the cell and/or the nervous system. Part of the body's innate immune response. |