Taylor & Francis

Human Complement System in Health and Disease - Hardback

Edition: 1st Edition
Subjects: Medicine, Medicine: general issues
ISBN13: 9780824798987
Published: 25 Feb 1998

Format - Hardback
By John E. Volanakis

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Human Complement System in Health and Disease - Hardback

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This authoritative, single-source reference provides comprehensive examinations of the complement system-offering recent findings in basic science on the structure, biology, physiology, and pathophysiology of complement proteins and the latest therapeutic approaches towards the control of complement-mediated diseases.
Written by over 40 international experts from North America, Europe, and Asia, The Human Complement System in Health and Disease

  • describes the molecular architecture of the complement system
  • details the structure of complement genes
  • discusses gene organization as well as the topology and chemistry of ligand-binding sites and catalytic centers of complement proteins
  • analyzes complement organization and activation, including phylogeny and the newly discovered lectin pathway
  • elucidates the regulation of complement gene expression and the structure and function of bioactive peptides
  • explicates opsonic and immunoregulatory properties of complement fragments, endothelial responses, and interactions with viruses and bacteria
  • and more!
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