The complement system /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; New York :
Springer,
[1998]
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| Edition: | Second revised edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Components and reactivity
- Components
- Factors of the classical pathway / M. Loos, P.K.E. Trinder, and M. Kaul
- Components of the alternative pathway / B. Nilsson and K. Nilsson Ekdahl
- Late Components / R.G. DiScipio
- Reactivity
- Classical pathway of activation / K.B.M. Reid
- Lectin pathway of non-self recognition / K.B.M. Reid
- Alternative pathway: activation and regulation / M.K. Pangburn
- Complement attack phase / G.M. Hansch and M.L. Shin
- Control mechanisms / G.M. Hansch
- Membrane cofactor protein (CD46) and decay-accelerating factor (CD55) / M.K. Liszewski and J.P. Atkinson
- Control of C5b-9 by fluid phase factors / A. Burger and G.M. Hansch.
- Membrane-bound inhibitors of c5b-9 / H. Okada and N. Okada
- Interspecies incompatibilities of complement factors and of regulators / H. KitamuraSurface receptors and signaling pathways
- Receptor for clq / B. Ghebrehivet and E.I.B. Peerschke
- Receptors for human C3 fragments / C. Delibrias, E. Fischer, and M.D. Kazachtkine
- Receptors for C5a, C3a, and factor H / O. Gotze and J. Zwirner
- Biologic functions
- Complement in the induction of antibody response / T. Kinoshita
- Maintenance of immune complex solubility and immune adherence / K.A. Davies, M.J. Walport, and J.A. Schifferli
- Interaction with effector cells / G.M. Hansch
- Leukocyte mobilisation/recruiment / K. Rother
- Chemotactic peptides / G.O. Till.
- Cellular responses to activation products / G.M. Hansch and K. Rother
- Host defense against infection
- Defense against bacteria / G.M. Hansch
- Complement-dependent virus neutralization / N.R. Cooper
- Evasion of complement-mediated damage by microorganisms / N.R. Cooper
- Possible role of complement regulators in reproduction / I.A. Rooney Network interactions of the complement system with other serum mediator systems / M.D. Kramer, B.M. Schafer, and J. Reinartz
- Pathology
- Complement deficiecies in animals: impact on biological functions / K. Rother
- Complement deficiencies in Humans / K. Rother.
- Inherited and acquired deficiencies of C1 esterase inhibitor in humans / P.J. Spath and B. Wuthrich
- Deficiencies in the classiral pathway / H.R. Colten
- Deficiencies in the alternative pathway: factors I and H / M. Kirschfink and R. Binder
- Deficiency in terminal reactivity / F. Tedesco and M. Pausa
- Deficiency in lysis control proteins / G.M. Hansch
- C3 receptor deficiencies / G.M. Hansch
- C3 nephritic factor / M.R. Daha
- Complement in inflammation / K. Rother
- Role of complement in graft rejection / A.P. Dalmasso
- Complement activation on artificial surfaces in biomedical therapies / R. Deppisch ... [et. al.].
- Adverse reactions to drugs / U. Rother
- Complement manipulation in vivo / G.M. Hansch
- The clinical laboratory: testing the complement system / M. Kirschfink.