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P N Nesargikar, B Spiller, R Chavez.
Abstract
Since its discovery in the 19th century, the complement system has developed into a clinically significant entity. The complement system has been implicated in a variety of clinical conditions, from autoimmune diseases to ischemia-reperfusion injury in transplantation. This article charts the historical progress of our understanding of the complement system and provides a synopsis on the activation pathways and its inherent regulators.Entities:
Keywords: complement activation; complement cascade; complement history; complement inhibitors; complement system
Year: 2012 PMID: 24672678 PMCID: PMC3956958 DOI: 10.1556/EuJMI.2.2012.2.2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Microbiol Immunol (Bp) ISSN: 2062-509X