Affiliation:
1. Department of Medicine University at Buffalo Buffalo New York United States
2. Department of Rheumatology Christian Medical College Vellore India
Abstract
AbstractThe complement system, an arm of the innate immune system plays a critical role in both health and disease. The complement system is highly complex with dual possibilities, helping or hurting the host, depending on the location and local microenvironment. The traditionally known functions of complement include surveillance, pathogen recognition, immune complex trafficking, processing and pathogen elimination. The noncanonical functions of the complement system include their roles in development, differentiation, local homeostasis and other cellular functions. Complement proteins are present in both, the plasma and on the membranes. Complement activation occurs both extra‐ and intracellularly, which leads to considerable pleiotropy in their activity. In order to design more desirable and effective therapies, it is important to understand the different functions of complement, and its location‐based and tissue‐specific responses. This manuscript will provide a brief overview into the complex nature of the complement cascade, outlining some of their complement‐independent functions, their effects at different locale, and their implication in disease settings.
Funder
National Institutes of Health
Subject
Immunology,Immunology and Allergy
Cited by
2 articles.
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