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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-3-30
pubmed:abstractText
A sensitive ELISA assay was used to quantitate serum complement component C6 concentrations. Levels in the range 0.3-3 micrograms/ml were measured in samples from eight individuals (four separate pedigrees) and two subjects with subtotal combined C6/C7 deficiency who have been reported previously. We defined C6 levels in this range as subtotal C6 deficiency (C6SD). In contrast, C6 deficiency with levels below 0.03 micrograms/ml was defined as C6Q0. C6Q0 has been found in 29 unrelated cases which have already been reported. Investigations of the properties of the C6 found in the C6SD subjects showed it to be haemolytically active and able to incorporate into the terminal complement complex. The protein had a relative molecular weight (Mr) of approximately 86% of normal C6 and this Mr was identical to that of the C6 of one combined deficient subject. The Mr of the C6 of the other combined deficient subject was previously estimated as 79% of the Mr of normal C6. Isoelectric focusing (IEF) analysis with band development by haemolytic overlay revealed that all C6SD samples produced an identical weak C6 band pattern anodal to normal C6A bands. The C7 IEF patterns of the two combined deficient subjects were identical, and the C6 IEF patterns of both were identical to those of the C6SD subjects. Thus the C6 of the combined deficient subjects is probably the same abnormal protein found in the C6SD individuals. None of the C6SD or combined deficient subjects have had meningococcal disease and it may be that low C6 levels afford some protection.
pubmed:grant
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0019-2805
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
75
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
10-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Properties of a low molecular weight complement component C6 found in human subjects with subtotal C6 deficiency.
pubmed:affiliation
Molecular Immunopathology Unit, MRC Centre, Cambridge, U.K.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't