[The complement system. Normal values and congenital deficiencies in the adult Mexican population] Archivos del Instituto de Cardiología de México [Arch Inst Cardiol Mex] Journal article

Title	[The complement system. Normal values and congenital deficiencies in the adult Mexican population]
Author(s)	Becerra Posada C, Reyes PA
Source	Arch Inst Cardiol Mex 1985 May-Jun; 55(3):243-6.
MeSH	Adolescent Adult Blood Donors Complement Activation Complement C2 Complement Factor B Complement System Proteins Female Gene Frequency Hemolysis Humans Major Histocompatibility Complex Male Mexico Middle Aged Reference Values
Abstract	Five hundred mexican mestizos, healthy blood donors were evaluated regarding the hemolytic activity of their serum, to assess the function of the complement (C) system. One of them was hypocomplementemic and his serum was unable to promote hemolysis by either classical or alternative pathway. It had normal protein concentrations of C3 and C4, as well as immunoreactive C1, C4, C5, C6, C7 and C8, and lytic factor D. Factor B was not recognizable. It is possible that a genetic deficiency linked to genes codifying for class III products of the major histocompatibility complex is responsible for our findings.
Language	spa
Pub Type(s)	English Abstract Journal Article
PubMed ID	2932077

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