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Complement Pathway, Alternative

Known as: complement cascade, alternative pathway, Alternative Complement Pathway, complement activation, alternative pathway 
Complement activation initiated by the interaction of microbial ANTIGENS with COMPLEMENT C3B. When COMPLEMENT FACTOR B binds to the membrane-bound… 
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CFD wt AlleleCFH wt AlleleCFP wt AlleleComplement Factor B

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1987
1987
Studies on the hemolytic activity of the classical and alternative pathway of complement in various animal species.
The classical complement pathway (CP) activity (CH50) of sera of 13 animal species was compared by parallel assays using rabbit… 
1986
1986
Lack of a requirement for the Fc region of IgG in restoring pneumococcal opsonization via the alternative complement pathway in sickle cell disease.
Children with sickle cell disease have reduced serum opsonization of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Our previous studies have… 
Review
1984
Review
1984
Interactions between the alternative complement pathway and proteases of the coagulation system.
The Complement system consists of more than twenty components and regulatory plasma proteins involved in both specific (immune… 
1983
1983
Membrane sialoglycolipids regulate the activation of alternative complement pathway by liposomes containing trinitrophenylaminocaproyldipalmitoylphosphatidylethaolamine.
We found that liposomes associated with trinitrophenylaminocaproyldipalmitoylphosphatidylethanolamine (TNP-Cap-DDPE) activate the… 
1982
1982
Evidence for a mechanism for the initiation of acid hydrolase secretion by macrophages that is functionally independent of alternative pathway complement activation.
A mechanism for the initiation of selective acid hydrolase secretion with macrophages by weak bases that is functionally… 
1981
1981
Enhanced alternative complement pathway-dependent degradation of soluble immunoglobulin aggregates by macrophages.
The role of complement in the processing of soluble immune aggregates by guinea-pig peritoneal macrophages was studied in a… 
1979
1979
The role of antibody and complement in phagocytosis by rabbit alveolar macrophages.
The relative importance of antibody and complement in the phagocytosis of Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, two… 
1978
1978
Homozygous C2 deficiency with fulminant lupus erythematosus: severe nephritis via the alternative complement pathway.
Absence of C2 was identified in an 18-year-old white male with progressive and rapidly fatal lupus nephritis. Genetic studies of… 
1976
1976
Serum factors activating the alternative complement pathway in autoimmune disease: description of two different factors from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
Serum factors which activated the alternative pathway of complement were detected in 10 of 26 patients with systemic lupus… 
1975
1975
Cleavage of the third complement component (C3) and generation of the spasmogenic peptide, C3a, in human serum via the properdin pathway: demonstration of inhibitory as well as enhancing effects of…
Human and guinea pig serum loses hemolytic activity of the third complement component (C3) during incubation at 37 degrees C. The…