MBL2, FCN1, FCN2 and FCN3-The genes behind the initiation of the lectin pathway of complement

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 46, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 2737-2744

  Garred, Peter ^a   Honoré, Christian ^a   Ma, Ying Jie ^a   Munthe Fog, Lea ^a   Hummelshøj, Tina ^a  

^a Laboratory of Molecular Medicine   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Complement; FCN1; FCN2; FCN3; Ficolin 1; Ficolin 2; Ficolin 3; Innate immunity; Mannan binding lectin; Mannose binding lectin; MBL1P1; MBL2; Opsonin

Indexed keywords

FICOLIN 1; FICOLIN 2; FICOLIN 3; LECTIN; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN 2; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT LECTIN PATHWAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LEPROSY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ALLELES; COMPLEMENT PATHWAY, MANNOSE-BINDING LECTIN; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; EXONS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LECTINS; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTIN; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 68249085064     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2009.05.005     Document Type: Review

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