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Complement and autoimmunity.
Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie - 1 Sept 2003
Boackle Susan A
Abstract excerpt
The complement system is comprised of a number of serum and membrane-bound proteins that play an important role in the elimination of foreign microorganisms while protecting the host organism from complement-related damage. Complement has also been shown to participate in the generation of normal humoral immune responses to foreign antigens. Recent studies suggest that the functions of complement may be extended...
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