Article
[Immunogenetic aspects in pathogenesis of acute pancreatitis].
Khirurgiia - 1 Jan 2000
Trukhman D I
Abstract excerpt
Acute pancreatitis is characterized by essential decrease of the activity of the complement C1-C5 system components which is more marked under destructive form of the disease. The increased consumption of the components of the complement may be determined by forming immune complexes under interaction of the antibodies with structural and secretory components of the pancreas and direct proteolytic conversion under...
Topics
- Acute Disease
- Antibody Formation
- Antigen-Antibody Complex
- Complement Activation
- Complement C1
- Complement C5
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- HLA Antigens
- Humans
- Pancreatitis
