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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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    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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    The complement component 1q (or simply C1q) is a protein complex involved in the complement system, which is part of the innate immune system. C1q together...
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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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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 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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    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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  • C6 (redirect from C-6)
    protected cruiser Complement component 6 (C6 protein) in the complement cascade system of immune proteins (native immunity) Cervical vertebra 6, one of the...
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    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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  • 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 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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    Complement 3 deficiency is a genetic condition affecting complement component 3 (C3). People can suffer from either primary or secondary C3 deficiency...
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  • Thumbnail for C3a (complement)
    C3a is one of the proteins formed by the cleavage of complement component 3; the other is C3b. C3a is a 77 residue anaphylatoxin that binds to the C3a...
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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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    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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  • 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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    Complement receptor type 2 (CR2), also known as complement C3d receptor, Epstein–Barr virus receptor, and CD21 (cluster of differentiation 21), is a protein...
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    Complement receptor type 1 (CR1) also known as C3b/C4b receptor or CD35 (cluster of differentiation 35) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CR1...
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    the human complement system subcomponent C1q. C1q associates with C1r and C1s in order to yield the first component of the serum complement system. Deficiency...
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  • microorganisms. Alexins, later redefined as "complements" by Paul Ehrlich, were shown to be the soluble components of the innate response that leads to a combination...
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  • Complement 4 deficiency is a genetic condition affecting complement component 4. It can present with lupus-like symptoms. Parija (2009). Textbook of Microbiology...
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    receptor also known as complement component 3a receptor 1 (C3AR1) is a G protein-coupled receptor protein involved in the complement system. The receptor...
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    Schwaeble, Wilhelm J. (5 July 2012). "The Lectin Pathway of Complement Activation Is a Critical Component of the Innate Immune Response to Pneumococcal Infection"...
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  • Thumbnail for Complement deficiency
    Deficiencies of the terminal complement components increases susceptibility to infections by Neisseria. The cause of complement deficiency is genetics (though...
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    C3b (redirect from Complement c3b)
    C3b is the larger of two elements formed by the cleavage of complement component 3, and is considered an important part of the innate immune system. C3b...
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