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The complement system: History, pathways, cascade and inhibitors
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Since its discovery in the 19th century, the complement system has developed into a clinically significant entity. The complement system has been implicated in a variety of clinical conditions, from autoimmune diseases to ischemia-reperfusion injury in transplantation. This article charts the historical progress of our understanding of the complement system and provides a synopsis on the activation pathways and its inherent regulators.
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- Nesargikar, P., Spiller, B., & Chavez, R.
- Venue
- European Journal of Microbiology and Immunology
- Publisher
- Akademiai Kiado Zrt.
- Published
- 2012-06
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 103-111
- ISSN
- 2062-509X (ISSN-L)
- 2062-8633
- OpenAlex
- W2077888633
- Cited by
- 324
- References
- 82
- FWCI
- 1.11
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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