Open AccessBiological functions of complement
Author(s) -
Ю Н Одинцов,
В. М. Перельмутер
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
bûlletenʹ sibirskoj mediciny
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1819-3684
pISSN - 1682-0363
DOI - 10.20538/1682-0363-2007-2-72-82
Subject(s) - opsonin , phagocytosis , lytic cycle , complement (music) , lysis , function (biology) , biology , complement system , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , immune system , genetics , virus , complementation , gene , phenotype
One of the true basic resistance factors is complement. Main functions of it consist in bacterial lysis, bacterial opsonisation for phagocytosis. Alteration of lytic function for opsonic function depends upon macrophages. Complement functions at bacteriosis depend on phathogenesis features in infectious disease.