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MeSH Heading: Complement System Proteins
Tree Number(s): D12.776.124.486.274
Unique ID: D003165
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003165
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics
Scope Note: Serum glycoproteins participating in the host defense mechanism of COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION that creates the COMPLEMENT MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEX. Included are glycoproteins in the various pathways of complement activation (CLASSICAL COMPLEMENT PATHWAY; ALTERNATIVE COMPLEMENT PATHWAY; and LECTIN COMPLEMENT PATHWAY).
Entry Term(s): Complement; Complement Protein; Complement Proteins; Hemolytic Complement
Pharm Action: Immunologic Factors
Registry Numbers: 9007-36-7; 0
NLM Classification #: QW 680
See Also: Complement Activation; Receptors, Complement
Public MeSH Note: 2006; see COMPLEMENT 1963-2005
History Note: 2006 (1963)
Entry Combination: antagonists & inhibitors:Complement Inactivator Proteins
Date Established: 2006/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2005/06/30

Entry Combination: antagonists & inhibitors:Complement Inactivator Proteins
Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

biosynthesis (BI)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

deficiency (DF)

drug effects (DE)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

ultrastructure (UL)

urine (UR)

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