Microbiology: An Introduction
Microbiology: An Introduction
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ISBN: 9780321733603
Author: Gerard J. Tortora, Berdell R. Funke, Christine L. Case
Publisher: Benjamin Cummings
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The complement destruction of the pathogenic organisms.

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 “Successful parasite and “avoid destruction by complement”.

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The complement system consists of thirty heat-labile proteins from plasma, which involves the opsonization of pathogens for assisting the immune responses of the host. The complement proteins are protease in nature, which helps to cleave the antigens to neutralize the infectious substances. It is a cascade or a series of proteins (from C1 to C9 and some proteins are indicated as lower cases a and b) that commence at the time of infection which is termed as complement activation.

The proteins from the complement system play a major role in the destruction of microbes by inflammation, cytolysis and opsonization. It is an essential barrier that protects the host tissue from the invading organisms.

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