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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1981-11-22
pubmed:abstractText
A method, measuring the activity of circulating immune complexes, based on C3 conversion of fresh human plasma by means of 3 per cent PEG precipitable immune complex-rich sera fractions is reported. Sera of patients suffering from autoimmune diseases of the connective tissue as well as of healthy controls were investigated. In case of standardised protein concentration of immune complexes, significantly low C3 conversion frequency of the isolated fractions has been observed in the control group as compared to the examined patients (rheumatoid arthritis with and without extraarticular manifestations, or juvenile chronic arthritis, or systemic lupus erythematosus). PEG fractions of RA with extraarticular manifestations induced the significantly highest C3 splitting. It is assumed that immune complexes will show a distinct interaction with the complement system also in vivo, and are therefore directly implicated in the systemic course of the disease process.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0340-1855
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
40
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
126-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
[Functional analysis of immune complex-rich serum fractions in autoimmune diseases by in vitro C3 activation of fresh blood].
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract