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complement system
noun
An aspect of the innate immune system that supplements the actions of the antibodies and phagocytic cells in clearing out pathogens from an organism.
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(For more information on the complement system, see Antibody-mediated imechanismsanismechanisms
Both pathways converge to activate the pivotal protein of the complement system, called C3.
Nanoliposomes and engineered carbon nanotubes can activate the complement system.
These mechanisms include phagocytosis, antimicrobial peptides called defensins, and the complement system.
Sometimes antibodies are generated against tumor cells allowing for their destruction by the complement system.
The complement system and phagocytic cells are also used by most forms of invertebrate life.
Several complement system proteins were differentially expressed (Figure S2).
Viruses have evolved to evade the host's complement system.
However, neither model has provided evidence that CD74 and the complement system are central mediators.
In OLpres, these pathways included androgen and estrogen metabolism and the complement system.
These findings demonstrate that hepatocytes require UPF2 for the generation of an efficient complement system.
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