BABESIA-RODHAINI - REQUIREMENT OF COMPLEMENT FOR PENETRATION OF HUMAN ERYTHROCYTES
BABESIA-RODHAINI - REQUIREMENT OF COMPLEMENT FOR PENETRATION OF HUMAN ERYTHROCYTES
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DOI:
10.1126/science.841340
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发表时间:
1977-01-01
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影响因子:
56.9
通讯作者:
WARD, PA
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作者:
CHAPMAN, WE;WARD, PA
A system was developed in vitro in which human red cells, in the presence of fresh human (or rat) serum, were parasitized by the hemosporidian protozoan B. rodhaini. The ability of B. rodhaini to penetrate red cells depended on factors of the alternative complement pathway (properdin and factor B) as well as Mg2+ and the 3rd (C3) and the 5th (C5) components of complement. These data indicate a novel mechanism by which a parasite is able to utilize the complement system. The data are in accord with and amplify earlier observations that demonstrated a requirement for complement in the development of babesial infection in rats.