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Too Much of a Good Thing at the Site of Tissue Injury: The Instructive Example of the Complement System Predisposing to Thrombotic Microangiopathy
7 Dec 2011
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The interplay between the complement and coagulation systems is just beginning to be explored and characterized. This interaction, however, is ancient. For example, if endotoxin is added to the hemolymph of the horseshoe crab, a protease is activated that triggers both the coagulation and complement systems. However, in extant mammals, these 2 cascades have diverged. These infamous "terrible C's" are the scourge...
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