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- response, is able to opsonize pathogen before adaptive immunity may even be required. Complement proteins involved in innate opsonization include C4b, C3b...
- of antibody-mediated increase in phagocytic efficacy is named opsonization. Opsonization involves the binding of an opsonin (e.g., antibody) to an epitope...
- considered an important part of the innate immune system. C3b is potent in opsonization: tagging pathogens, immune complexes (antigen-antibody), and apoptotic...
- subject to any of a number of responses, including complement deposition, opsonization, phagocytosis, or processing by proteases. Red blood cells carrying CR1-receptors...
- such as binding to plasma proteins in the bloodstream, which leads to opsonization. These issues can be reduced by optimizing the physical and chemical...
- when activated, creates a cascade of chemical reactions that promotes opsonization, chemotaxis, and agglutination, and produces the MAC. The kinin system...
- anti-receptor activity. The activation of the complement system results in opsonization, the agglutination of red blood cells, cell lysis, and cell death. These...
- microorganisms and this interaction can lead to opsonization through complement activation, or it can opsonize the microorganism directly. SP-A and SP-D can...
- and preventing opsonization by C3b. However plasma B cells can generate antibodies against M protein which will help in opsonization and further the...
- together via agglutination; IgG coating of pathogen surfaces (known as opsonization) allows their recognition and ingestion by phagocytic immune cells leading...