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    Complement component 5 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the C5 gene. Complement component 5 is involved in the complement system. It is cleaved...
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    cleavage of complement component C5 by protease C5-convertase into C5a and C5b fragments. C5b is important in late events of the complement cascade, an...
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  • Thumbnail for Complement component 3
    Complement component 3, often simply called C3, is a protein of the immune system that is found primarily in the blood. It plays a central role in the...
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  • Complement component 4 (C4), in humans, is a protein involved in the intricate complement system, originating from the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) system...
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    Complement component 9 (C9) is a MACPF protein involved in the complement system, which is part of the innate immune system. Once activated, about 12-18...
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    the Complement system and the Complement component 2 protein attaches to Complement system 4 resulting in an immune response. Complement component 2 protein...
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  • syndrome. It is designed to bind to and prevent the activation of complement component 5 (C5). Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria is characterized by red...
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  • treatment of people with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria. It is a complement component 5 (C5) inhibitor. Crovalimab was approved for use in China in February...
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    Complement component 1s (EC 3.4.21.42, C1 esterase, activated complement C1s, complement C overbar 1r, C1s) is a protein involved in the complement system...
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    with C1q and C1s form the C1 complex, which is the first component of the serum complement system. C1r is an enzyme that activates C1s to its active...
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    component of fresh serum. Ehrlich, therefore, named this heat-labile component "complement", because it is something in the blood that "complements"...
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    Complement component 6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the C6 gene. Complement component 6 is a protein involved in the complement system. It...
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  • C5 (redirect from C-5)
    spinal nerve 5 Complement component 5, a protein of the complement system C5-convertase, an enzyme which splits C5 into C5b Complement component 5a, an inflammatory...
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    Complement component 7 is a protein involved in the complement system of the innate immune system. C7 is part of the membrane attack complex (MAC) which...
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    Zilucoplan (category Complement system)
    complement inhibitor that is injected subcutaneously (under the skin). Zilucoplan is a cyclic peptide that binds to the protein complement component 5...
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    Complement component 4B (Chido blood group) is a kind of the Complement component 4 protein that in humans is encoded by the C4B gene. This gene encodes...
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  • Thumbnail for Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
    treatment of people with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria. It is a complement component 5 (C5) inhibitor. Crovalimab was approved for use in China in February...
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  • Thumbnail for Alternative complement pathway
    alternative pathway is a type of cascade reaction of the complement system and is a component of the innate immune system, a natural defense against infections...
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  • Thumbnail for Classical complement pathway
    classical complement pathway is one of three pathways which activate the complement system, which is part of the immune system. The classical complement pathway...
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  • Thumbnail for Complement membrane attack complex
    cells, leading to cell lysis and death. The MAC is composed of the complement components C5b, C6, C7, C8 and several C9 molecules. A number of proteins participate...
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    the complement system led Bhakdi to the area of atherosclerosis. In 1989 he discovered through animal experiments that the complement component 5 is activated...
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  • Eculizumab specifically binds to the terminal complement component 5, or C5, which acts at a late stage in the complement cascade. When activated, C5 is involved...
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    involved in antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity. Antibodies are a key component of the adaptive immune response, playing a central role in both in the...
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  • Thumbnail for Complement factor B
    Complement factor B is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CFB gene. This gene encodes complement factor B, a component of the alternative pathway...
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  • Leiner disease remains unknown but biotin deficiency linked to Complement component 5 (a protein ) coded by the C5 gene plays a role. This disease is...
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  • Complement control proteins are proteins that interact with components of the complement system. The complement system is tightly regulated by a network...
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    "Inherited deficiency of the ninth component of complement in man". J. Immunol. 125 (5): 2252–7. doi:10.4049/jimmunol.125.5.2252. PMID 7430628. S2CID 32575206...
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    C4A (redirect from Complement 4A)
    Complement C4-A is a kind of the Complement component 4 protein that in humans is encoded by the C4A gene. This gene encodes the acidic form of complement...
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  • Alternative-complement-pathway C3/C5 convertase (EC 3.4.21.47, complement component C3/C5 convertase (alternative), proenzyme factor B, properdin factor...
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    bacteria with blood plasma components to activate the complement cascade which then cleave C5a from Complement component 5. Thus, bacteria produce a family...
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