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The clearance of apoptotic cells by complement.
Immunobiology - 1 Jan 2007
Flierman Roelof, Daha Mohamed R
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The complement system is implicated among others in the clearance of apoptotic cells, and deficiency for different components of the complement system is associated with aberrant handling of apoptotic material. As a result of this, it is thought that the complement system is involved in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) which affects multiple organs. In this...
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