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... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Blood Proteins > Immunoproteins > Complement System Proteins > Anaphylatoxins > Complement C3a
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Blood Proteins > Acute-Phase Proteins > Complement C3 > Complement C3a
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Blood Proteins > Immunoproteins > Complement System Proteins > Complement C3 > Complement C3a

Preferred term

Complement C3a  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • C3a Complement
  • Complement 3a
  • Complement, C3a
  • Complement Component 3a
  • Component 3a, Complement

Scope note

  • The smaller fragment generated from the cleavage of complement C3 by C3 CONVERTASE. C3a, a 77-amino acid peptide, is a mediator of local inflammatory process. It induces smooth MUSCLE CONTRACTION, and HISTAMINE RELEASE from MAST CELLS and LEUKOCYTES. C3a is considered an anaphylatoxin along with COMPLEMENT C4A; COMPLEMENT C5A; and COMPLEMENT C5A, DES-ARGININE.

History note

  • 2006 (1990)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D015926

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