title: Ignoring endotoxin.
abstract: In 1947, Paul Beeson showed that rabbits repeatedly injected with certain bacteria eventually become resistant to the bacteria's fever-provoking effects-a phenomenon known as endotoxin tolerance.
authors.affiliation: hvanepps@rockefeller.edu
authors.forename: Heather L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Van Epps
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000276:immunology*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D007249:Inflammation / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000266:history / Q000276:immunology; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000266:history / Q000276:immunology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000266:history / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D008070:Lipopolysaccharides