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C3 glomerulonephritis associated with a missense mutation in the factor H gene.
The Tohoku journal of experimental medicine - 1 Jul 2012
Sugimoto Keisuke, Fujita Shinsuke, Miyazaki Kouhei, Okada Mitsuru, Takemura Tsukasa
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The complement system, the major component of the innate immune functions resisting microbial infection, includes the classical complement pathway, the alternate pathway, and the mannose-binding lectin pathway. All of these merge at the level of complement component (C) 3. Complement factor H (CFH), a soluble complement mediator in blood, regulates alternate pathway activation; a conformational change of C3...
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