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Membrane protein Crry maintains homeostasis of the complement system.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Aug 2008
Wu Xiaobo, Spitzer Dirk, Mao Dailing, Peng Stanford L, Molina Hector, Atkinson John P
Abstract excerpt
Complement activation is tightly regulated to avoid excessive inflammatory and immune responses. Crry(-/-) is an embryonic lethal phenotype secondary to the maternal complement alternative pathway (AP) attacking a placenta deficient in this inhibitor. In this study, we demonstrate that Crry(-/-) mice could be rescued on a partial as well as on a complete factor B (fB)- or C3-deficient maternal background. The C3...
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