Antibody-independent complement activation by myelin via the classical complement pathway.
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Antibody-independent complement activation by myelin via the classical complement pathway
Murine or rabbit whole brain homogenates were shown to activate human complement via the classical pathway by an antibody-independent reaction. This activity required Ca++ ions. Anticomplementary activity in fractionated murine brain was found to reside in the myelin fraction and in purified myelin. It was absent, however, both from highly purified myelin basic protein (MBP) and from the MBP-fr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Experimental Medicine
سال: 1982
ISSN: 0022-1007,1540-9538
DOI: 10.1084/jem.155.2.587