Factor H: A complement regulator in health and disease, and a mediator of cellular interactions

Biomolecules

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-75

  Kopp, Anne ^a   Hebecker, Mario ^a   Svobodová, Eliška ^a   Józsi, Mihály ^a  

^a HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptotic cell; Cell adhesion; Complement; Extracellular matrix; Factor H; Inflammation; Pentraxin

Indexed keywords

ADRENOMEDULLIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3B; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; DNA; FIBROMODULIN; FICOLIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HEPARIN; HISTONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LIPOCORTIN 2; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN 2; PENTRAXIN; PRION PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BINDING SITE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PHAGOCYTOSIS; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY; COMPLEMENT CLASSICAL PATHWAY; COMPLEMENT LECTIN PATHWAY; CYTOLYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; EYE DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OPSONIZATION; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; REVIEW; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TISSUE INJURY; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 84861727429     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2218273X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/biom2010046     Document Type: Review

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