Concepedia

Increased activation of the alternative complement pathway in sickle cell disease

David S. Chudwin, Allen D. Korenblit, M Kingzette, Sharon G. Artrip, Sudha Rao

Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology · 1985 · 38 citations · 15 references

Concepts

Life SciencesHematologyImmunologyClinical ImmunologyImmunopathologyInnate ImmunityComplement DisordersComplement RegulationComplement SystemComplement-mediated InjurySickle Cell DiseaseComplement Activation PathwaysComplement In Disease PathogenesisComplement In Hematologic DisordersComplement ReceptorsSickle Cell Anemia

References

15

BACTERIAL INFECTION AND SICKLE CELL ANEMIA

Elizabeth Barrett‐Connor · Medicine · 1971 · 365 citations

Medicine, Community Medicine, Hematology +13

An Abnormality of the Alternate Pathway of Complement Activation in Sickle-Cell Disease

Richard B. Johnston, Simon L. Newman, Alan G. Struth · New England Journal of Medicine · 1973 · 275 citations

Life Sciences, Immunology, Microbiology +17

Transfusion-Reversible Functional Asplenia in Young Children with Sickle-Cell Anemia

Howard A. Pearson, Eugene A. Cornelius, Allen D. Schwartz et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1970 · 133 citations

Medicine, Hematology, Pediatrics +17

Host Defense Against Streptococcus pneumoniae: The Role of the Spleen

D. W. Wara · Clinical Infectious Diseases · 1981 · 86 citations

Veterinary Medicine, Immunology, Microbiology +17

Alternative complement pathway activity in sera from patients with sickle cell disease.

Susanne Koethe, James T. Casper, Glenn E. Rodey · PubMed · 1976 · 62 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Immunology +15