Novel assays to assess the functional capacity of the classical, the alternative and the lectin pathways of the complement system

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 388-395

  Palarasah, Y ^a   Nielsen, C ^b   Sprogoe U ^b   Christensen, M L ^b   Lillevang, S ^b   Madsen, H O ^c   Bygum, A ^b   Koch, C ^a   Skjodt, K ^a   Skjoedt, M O ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alternative pathway; Classical pathway; Complement; ELISA; Immunodeficiency; Lectin pathway

Indexed keywords

LECTIN; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY; COMPLEMENT CLASSICAL PATHWAY; COMPLEMENT DEFICIENCY; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; AGED; COMPLEMENT PATHWAY, ALTERNATIVE; COMPLEMENT PATHWAY, CLASSICAL; COMPLEMENT PATHWAY, MANNOSE-BINDING LECTIN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION; KIDNEY DISEASES, CYSTIC; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 79955471235     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: 13652249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2011.04322.x     Document Type: Article

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