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New findings from University of Oxford in the area of life sciences published
May 13th, 2009
According to recent research from Oxford, the United Kingdom, "The complement system is an essential component of the innate and acquired immune system(1), and consists of a series of proteolytic cascades that are initiated by the presence of microorganisms. In health, activation of complement is precisely controlled through membrane-bound and soluble plasma-regulatory proteins including complement factor H (fH; ref.2), a 155 kDa protein composed of 20 domains (termed complement control protein repeats)." "Many pathogens have evolved the ability to avoid immune-killing by recruiting host complement regulators(3) and several pathogens have adapted to avoid...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-05-13)
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