TY - JOUR
KW - Antigen-Antibody Complex
KW - Complement Activation
KW - Complement C3
KW - Humans
KW - Immunodiffusion
KW - Immunoelectrophoresis
KW - leprosy
AU - Kliemann T A
AU - Martinez E L
AU - Irulegui I
AU - Souza Z W
AU - Cavalcanti Z M
AB - <p>The levels of total C3 (native C3 plus its degradation products) and the degree of conversion of native C3 into its breakdown products were studied in sera of Virchowian (V), tuberculoid (T), indeterminate (I), and Virchowian with erythema nodosum Hansenicum (ENH) patients. Sera from normal individuals (N) were also analysed. While the levels of total C3 were not significantly different among the groups, the percentage of conversion of C3 into its degradation products was significantly higher in V and ENH sera. The activation of the complement system and the involvement of immune complexes (IC) are discussed.</p>
BT - Hansenologia internationalis
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6432691?dopt=Abstract
DA - 1983 Jun
IS - 1
J2 - Hansenol Int
LA - eng
N2 - <p>The levels of total C3 (native C3 plus its degradation products) and the degree of conversion of native C3 into its breakdown products were studied in sera of Virchowian (V), tuberculoid (T), indeterminate (I), and Virchowian with erythema nodosum Hansenicum (ENH) patients. Sera from normal individuals (N) were also analysed. While the levels of total C3 were not significantly different among the groups, the percentage of conversion of C3 into its degradation products was significantly higher in V and ENH sera. The activation of the complement system and the involvement of immune complexes (IC) are discussed.</p>
PY - 1983
SP - 5
EP - 8
T2 - Hansenologia internationalis
TI - Conversion of the C3 component of complement in sera of hanseniasis patients.
VL - 8
SN - 0100-3283
ER -