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Immune System Phenomena > Complement Activation > Complement Pathway, Alternative

Preferred term

Complement Pathway, Alternative  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Alternative Complement Activation Pathway
  • Alternative Complement Pathway
  • Complement Activation Pathway, Alternative
  • Properdin Pathway

Scope note

  • Complement activation initiated by the interaction of microbial ANTIGENS with COMPLEMENT C3B. When COMPLEMENT FACTOR B binds to the membrane-bound C3b, COMPLEMENT FACTOR D cleaves it to form alternative C3 CONVERTASE (C3BBB) which, stabilized by COMPLEMENT FACTOR P, is able to cleave multiple COMPLEMENT C3 to form alternative C5 CONVERTASE (C3BBB3B) leading to cleavage of COMPLEMENT C5 and the assembly of COMPLEMENT MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEX.

History note

  • 91(79); was see under COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION 1979-90

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • komplementtijärjestelmän oikotieaktivaatio
  • properdiiniaktivaatiotie
  • vaihtoehtoinen komplementtiaktivaatio
  • vaihtoehtoinen komplementtijärjestelmän aktivaatio
  • Swedish

  • Alternativ komplementaktivering
  • Komplementaktiveringsbanor, alternativa

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003170

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