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Complement System

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Complement proteins become activated when they encounter antigen

Binding initiates a series of reactions that results in enzymatic cleavage of another complement protein, C3, which activates a cascade of other complement proteins

Some complement proteins enhance uptake by phagocytic leukocytes; others assemble into complexes that insert themselves into the lipid bilayer and trigger cell lysis
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