Anaphylatoxins, or complement peptides, are fragments (C3a, C4a and C5a) that are produced as part of the activation of the complement system. Complement...
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C5a receptor (redirect from Receptor, anaphylatoxin c5a)
U.S. National Library of Medicine. Gerard C, Gerard NP (1994). "C5A anaphylatoxin and its seven transmembrane-segment receptor". Annual Review of Immunology...
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linked by a disulfide bridge. An activation peptide, C5a, which is an anaphylatoxin that possesses potent spasmogenic and chemotactic activity, is derived...
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The anaphylatoxin receptors are a group of G-protein coupled receptors which bind anaphylatoxins. Members of this family include: C3a receptor C3AR1 C5a...
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1016/0167-4781(95)00209-x. PMIDĀ 8605247. Ali H, Panettieri RA (February 2005). "Anaphylatoxin C3a receptors in asthma". Respiratory Research. 6 (1): 19. doi:10.1186/1465-9921-6-19...
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may cause local increase of C5a. C5a is a chemotactic agent and an anaphylatoxin; it is essential in the innate immunity but it is also linked with the...
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cleavage of complement component 3; the other is C3b. C3a is a 77 residue anaphylatoxin that binds to the C3a receptor (C3aR), a class A G protein-coupled receptor...
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Subsequent investigation demonstrated that complement, specifically the anaphylatoxin C5a, can drive the Arthus reaction indirectly because the resultant...
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able to more easily recognize and engulf pathogen molecules. While the anaphylatoxin C3a interacts with its C3a receptor (C3aR) to recruit leukocytes, C3b...
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usually rapidly cleaved by carboxypeptidase B. Both C3a and C5a have anaphylatoxin activity, directly triggering degranulation of mast cells as well as...
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