Ficolins in complement activation

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 22-26

  Matsushita, Misao ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complement; Ficolin; Innate immunity; Lectin; MASP

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBOHYDRATE BINDING PROTEIN; COLLAGEN; COMPLEMENT; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; CORTICOSTEROID; DNA; ELASTIN; FIBRIN; FIBRINOGEN; FICOLIN; FICOLIN A; FICOLIN B; FICOLIN H; FICOLIN L; FICOLIN M; LECTIN; MANNAN BINDING LECTIN ASSOCIATED SERINE PROTEINASE; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PENTRAXIN 3; SIALIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW CELL; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY; COMPLEX FORMATION; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; LECTIN BINDING; LIVER; LUNG; MICROORGANISM; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SERUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LECTINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 84875619547     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: 18729142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2012.08.017     Document Type: Review

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