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SUBMITTER: Viret C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7136756 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Viret Christophe C Rozières Aurore A Duclaux-Loras Rémi R Boschetti Gilles G Nancey Stéphane S Faure Mathias M
Microbial cell (Graz, Austria) 20200319 4
The complement system is a major component of innate immunity that participates in the defense of the host against a myriad of pathogenic microorganisms. Activation of complement allows for both local inflammatory response and physical elimination of microbes through phagocytosis or lysis. The system is highly efficient and is therefore finely regulated. In addition to these well-established properties, recent works have revealed that components of the complement system can be involved in a vari ...[more]