Human serum mannose-binding lectin (MBL)-associated serine protease-1 (MASP-1): Determination of levels in body fluids and identification of two forms in serum

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 317-323

  Terai, I ^a   Kobayashi, K ^b   Matsushita, M ^c   Fujita, T ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complement activation; ELISA; Lectin pathway; Mannose binding protein; Serum lectin

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C2; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; LECTIN; MANNOSE BINDING PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY FLUID; CHILD; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030831019     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.1997.tb08334.x     Document Type: Article

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