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Pentraxins (PTX), also
known as pentaxins, are an
evolutionary conserved family of
proteins characterised by
containing a
pentraxin protein domain. Proteins...
- (C-polysaccharide) of pneumococcus. It is a
member of the
small pentraxins family (also
known as
short pentraxins). The
polypeptide encoded by this gene has 224 amino...
- and CR4 on phagocytes. Mannose-binding lectins, or ficolins,
along with
pentraxins and
collectins are able to
recognize certain types of
carbohydrates that...
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distant relative to the "long"
pentraxins such as PTX3 (a cytokine-modulated molecule) and
several neuronal pentraxins. Both SAP and CRP are evolutionary...
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formation and
ligand recognition by the long
pentraxin PTX3.
Similarities and
differences with the
short pentraxins C-reactive
protein and
serum amyloid P component"...
- needed. C1q can also be
activated in
other ways, for
example by
binding to
pentraxins such as C-reactive
protein or
directly to the
surface of pathogens. Such...
- capacity,
lower activity of the
complement system, and a
different set of
pentraxins involved in the
inflammatory process; and lack
genes for
important components...
- cell that
produces them.
Complement receptors, collectins, ficolins,
pentraxins such as
serum amyloid and C-reactive protein,
lipid transferases, peptidoglycan...
- G-like and amino-terminal thrombospondin-like
modules based on
homology to
pentraxins".
Journal of
Molecular Biology. 275 (5): 725–30. doi:10.1006/jmbi.1997...
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Neuronal pentraxin-2 is a
protein that in
humans is
encoded by the NPTX2 gene. This gene
encodes a
member of the
family of
neuronal pentraxins, synaptic...
