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... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Blood Proteins > Immunoproteins > Complement System Proteins > Complement C4 > Complement C4a
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Blood Proteins > Immunoproteins > Complement System Proteins > Anaphylatoxins > Complement C4a

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Complement C4a  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • C4a Complement
  • Complement 4a
  • Complement, C4a
  • Complement Component 4a
  • Component 4a, Complement

Scope note

  • The smaller fragment formed when complement C4 is cleaved by COMPLEMENT C1S. It is an anaphylatoxin that causes symptoms of immediate hypersensitivity (HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE) but its activity is weaker than that of COMPLEMENT C3A or COMPLEMENT C5A.

History note

  • 2006 (1990)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D015934

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