Complement and host defense against infection

Interaction of C-reactive protein complexes with the complement system. I. Consumption of human complement associated with the reaction of C-reactive protein with pneumococcal C-polysaccharide and with the choline phosphatides, lecithin and sphingomyelin.

Melvin H. Kaplan, John E. Volanakis · PubMed · 1974 · 564 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Immunology +15

Interaction of C-Reactive Protein Complexes with the Complement System

Melvin H. Kaplan, John E. Volanakis · The Journal of Immunology · 1974 · 405 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Immunology +11

ROLE OF COMPLEMENT IN INDUCTION OF ANTIBODY PRODUCTION IN VIVO

M B Pepys · The Journal of Experimental Medicine · 1974 · 356 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Immunology, Molecular Biology +14

PHAGOCYTOSIS OF IMMUNE COMPLEXES BY MACROPHAGES

Bernardo Mantovani, M. Rabinovitch, Victor Nussenzweig · The Journal of Experimental Medicine · 1972 · 341 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Immunology +12

Increased Susceptibility to Infection Associated with Abnormalities of Complement-Mediated Functions and of the Third Component of Complement (C3)

Chester A. Alper, Neil Abramson, Richard B. Johnston et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1970 · 318 citations

Life Sciences, Immunology, Infectious Diseases +14