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A Novel Mannose-binding Lectin/Ficolin-associated Protein Is Highly Expressed in Heart and Skeletal Muscle Tissues and Inhibits Complement Activation
6 Jan 2010
Abstract excerpt
The human lectin complement pathway involves circulating complexes consisting of mannose-binding lectin (MBL) or three ficolins (ficolin-1, -2, and -3) in association with three MBL/ficolin-associated serine proteases (MASP) (MASP-1, -2, and -3) and a nonenzymatic sMAP. MASP-1 and MASP-3 (MASP1 isoforms 1 and 2, respectively) are splice variants of the MASP1 gene, whereas MASP-2 and sMAP are splice variants of...
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