The Properdin System: Composition and Function

9 January 1978

journal article
research article
Published by Wiley in Vox Sanguinis

Vol. 35 (1-2) , 1-9
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1423-0410.1978.tb02893.x

Abstract

This article summarizes the physicochemical data on the factors which compose the properdin system in guinea pig and man. The following other topics are discussed: activation of the properdin system, formation of the initiating and amplification C3 [complement component 3] convertases, formation of the C5 convertase, and regulatory control mechanisms of the properdin system.

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