Three biochemical pathways activate the complement system: the classical complement pathway, the alternative complement pathway, and the lectin pathway. Most of the proteins and glycoproteins that ...

The “classical” pathway of the complement system is triggered when C1q binds to antibodies that are already bound to antigens on a cell surface. It only comes into effect when a high number of ...

The serum complement system, which represents a chief component ... Natural antibody and classical pathway complement also seem to be involved in contact sensitivity. In a complex model, involving ...

Image Credit: ACROBiosystems Complement activates three pathways, despite the lack of specificity of the components of the acquired immune system: the lectin pathway, the classical pathway ...

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A new study published on the preprint server bioRxiv* discusses the activation of the complement system ... including both the classical and the alternative pathways of lectins, thereby making ...