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    C5a is a protein fragment released from cleavage of complement component C5 by protease C5-convertase into C5a and C5b fragments. C5b is important in late...
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    C5a receptor also known as complement component 5a receptor 1 (C5AR1) or CD88 (Cluster of Differentiation 88) is a G protein-coupled receptor for C5a...
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    system. It is cleaved into C5a and C5b: C5a plays an important role in chemotaxis. C5b forms the first part of the complement membrane attack complex. Deficiency...
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    Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. [corrected]. LXXXVII. Complement peptide C5a, C4a, and C3a receptors". Pharmacological Reviews. 65 (1): 500–43...
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    disordered. C3a has a regulatory process and a structure homologous to complement component C5a, with which it shares 36% of its sequence identity. C3a induces...
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    Ma Y, Qi C, Cai Y, et al. (September 2012). "Opposing roles for complement component C5a in tumor progression and the tumor microenvironment". Journal of...
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    downstream complement activation. C3b binds to the C3 convertase (C4b2a), to form C5 convertase (C4b2a3b). C5 convertase then cleaves C5 into C5a and C5b...
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  • C5a or C-5A may refer to: C5a receptor, a receptor for complement component 5a Complement component 5a, a human protein fragment, a chemotactic factor...
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    Anaphylatoxin (category Complement system)
    Anaphylatoxins, or complement peptides, are fragments (C3a, C4a and C5a) that are produced as part of the activation of the complement system. Complement components...
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    two regulators of complement. The membrane attack complex is initiated when the complement protein C5 convertase cleaves C5 into C5a and C5b. All three...
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    complement system follows the same path regardless of the means of activation (alternative, classical, or lectin). C5-convertase cleaves C5 into C5a and...
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  • A complement receptor is a membrane-bound receptor belonging to the complement system, which is part of the innate immune system. Complement receptors...
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    Zilucoplan (category Complement system)
    to the protein complement component 5 (C5) and inhibits its cleavage into C5a and C5b. Zilucoplan was approved for medical use in the United States in...
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    C5-convertase (category Complement system)
    participates in the complement system ending with cell death. There are four different C5 convertases able to specifically convert the protein C5 to C5a and C5b fragments...
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    C3b (redirect from Complement c3b)
    (C4b2b3b) results in the formation of a C5 convertase, which cleaves C5 into C5a and C5b. C5b associates with C6, C7, C8, and C9, all of which form a complex...
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  • Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. [corrected]. LXXXVII. Complement peptide C5a, C4a, and C3a receptors". Pharmacological Reviews. 65 (1): 500–43...
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    October 2021. It is the first orally-administered inhibitor of the complement C5a receptor approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The...
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  • C5a peptidase (EC 3.4.21.110, streptococcal C5a peptidase, ScpA, ScpB, SCPA) is an enzyme. The primary cleavage site is at His67-Lys68 in human C5a with...
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  • human complement split product C5a after cleavage from C5 to block its interaction with the C5a receptor, both of which are components of the complement system...
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    transport designs that would replace the Douglas C-133 Cargomaster and complement Lockheed C-141 Starlifters. In addition to higher overall performance...
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  • also activate the complement cascade via C3a and C5a, which then promote inflammatory cytokine release from white blood cells. C3a and C5a also activate mast...
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  • degranulation. Subsequent investigation demonstrated that complement, specifically the anaphylatoxin C5a, can drive the Arthus reaction indirectly because the...
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    Cleary PP (December 1985). "Mechanism of action of the group A streptococcal C5a inactivator". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United...
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  • Arg-Ser bond in complement component C3 alpha-chain to yield C3a and C3b, and Arg- bond in complement component C5 alpha-chain to yield C5a and C5b This...
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    anaphylatoxins C3a and C5a are fragments of C3 and C5 generated via proteolytic cleavage by C3 convertases and C5 convertases during the complement cascade. They...
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  • convertase into C5a, a potent anaphylatoxin with prothrombotic and proinflammatory properties, and C5b, which then forms the terminal complement complex C5b-9...
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  • disorders. In 2002, he demonstrated complement's significant role in inflammation and tissue damage, highlighting the C5a receptor's involvement in E. coli-induced...
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    Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. [corrected]. LXXXVII. Complement peptide C5a, C4a, and C3a receptors". Pharmacological Reviews. 65 (1): 500–43...
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  • C3 - C3a / C3b / iC3b C5 - C5a C3-convertase C5-convertase Late stage Membrane attack complex (MAC) C6 C7 C8 C9 Complement pathway inhibitors C1-inhibitor...
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    dominant role in the response which can be augmented by the complement system via the anaphylatoxin C5a. Ligation of Fc receptors on the surfaces of immune effector...
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