Complement activation is common in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), resulting in hypocomplementemia and deposition of complement at sites of tissue damage. The availability of mice ...

It was called ‘complement’ because it aided the antibacterial activity of antibodies. However, it is now known that the complement system can be activated early in an infection without the presence of ...

Global understanding of complement has shifted and developed since the 21st century: from our idea of a blood-based antibiotic system to a global regulator of immunity and tissue homeostasis. Recent ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Meningococcal vaccination rates are low among eligible patients with complement component deficiencies, ...

Laparoscopic D2 gastrectomy with complete mesogastrium excision (D2+CME) to reduce cancer leak from mesogastrium in patients with advanced gastric cancer. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the ...

The complement system consists of a complex set of approximately 20 interacting proteolytic enzymes and regulatory proteins found in the plasma and body fluids. [6] Complement proteins are effector ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 69, No. 1 (Jan., 1972), pp. 65-68 (4 pages) The human complement component, Clq, is a fragile molecule of delicate ...

Researchers report the unexpected finding that in mice genetically engineered to have an inherited form of macular degeneration, turning off the animals' complement system, a part of the immune system ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The sedimentation constant of the infective particle in foot-and-mouth disease has been determined by modifications of the methods of Elford ...