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Mannose-binding lectin deficiency associated with neutrophil chemotactic unresponsiveness to C5a.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Aug 1999
Ten R M, Carmona E M, Babovic-Vuksanovic D, Katzmann J A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mannose-binding lectin (MBL) plays an important role in host defense by activating the complement cascade. OBJECTIVE: Three children with a history of recurrent infections since infancy were found to have MBL deficiency associated with a neutrophil chemotactic unresponsiveness specific to C5a. We have studied the genomic sequence of the C5a receptor (C5aR) in 2 of the subjects to determine whether...
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