Was it there all the time?

Summary, in English

The complement system is old, yet it may still have something new to teach us. For many years, research has existed which shows that C3d, in addition to its established role as an adjuvant, could have an immunosuppressive activity. Being true, it suggests that a common mechanism may be used both by organisms and by their pathogens to prevent unwanted immune responses.

• Författare: Matthew Bennett; Tomas Leanderson
• Avdelning/ar: Immunology
• Publiceringsår: 2003
• Språk: Engelska
• Sidor: 499-505
• Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie: Scandinavian Journal of Immunology
• Volym: 57
• Issue: 6
• Länkar: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12791087&dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3083.2003.01245.x
• Dokumenttyp: Artikel i tidskrift
• Förlag: Wiley-Blackwell
• Ämne: Immunology in the medical area
• Status: Published
• Forskningsgrupp: Immunology
• ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt: ISSN: 1365-3083