C3a and C3b activation products of the third
component of complement (C3) are critical for normal liver recovery after toxic injury.
Deficiency of the ninth
component of complement in man.
Previous investigators had shown that the central
component of complement, C3, could be slowly glycated (i.e., 20% glycation over 24 hours) [12].
Deficiency of the sixth
component of complement and susceptibility to Neisseria meningitidis infections.
Dr Nester noted that currently available complement inhibitors are only active against the C5
component of complement and are predicted to have little effect in DDD patients.
Correlation of activation of fourth
component of complement (C4) with disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus.
In addition to surfactants A and D, C1q protein, the first
component of complement, also known as defense collagen because of its involvement in the immunomodulation of inflammatory and allergic responses of the lung, contains 4-hydroxyproline in its collagen domain (Lu et al.
Selective accumulation of the first
component of complement and leukocytes in ischemic canine heart muscle.
Alper CA, Abramson N, Johnston Jr RB, Jandl JH, Rosen FS (1970) Increased susceptibility to infection associated with abnormalities of the third
component of complement (C3).
Isolation of a fragment (C3a) of the third
component of complement containing anaphylatoxin and chemotactic activity and description of an anaphylatoxin inactivator of human serum.
Edelson believes the third
component of complement (C3) is reponsible for getting leishmania into the cell and decreasing the effects of respiratory burst once there.
This repeated unit closely resembles an amino acid sequence, which appears only once, in the human blood plasma molecule called the C9
component of complement.