Polymorphonuclear leukocyte chemotactic activity in rabbit serum and Guinea pig serum treated with immune complexes: evidence for c5a as the major chemotactic factor.
Journal Article
A number of polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN) chemotactic factors derived from complement components have been described. We sought to determine which of these factors accounted for the majority of PMN chemotactic activity in rabbit serum and guinea pig serum treated with preformed immune complexes. Normal rabbit sera, guinea pig sera, or rabbit sera deficient in C6 were treated with homologous antibovine serum-albumin-bovine serum-albumin complexes. Sera so treated contained one major PMN chemotactic factor which was heat-stable (56 C for 30 min), had a molecular weight of approximately 15,000, and did not require the presence of C6 for its generation. This factor appears to be analogous to C5a.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Snyderman, R; Phillips, J; Mergenhagen, SE
Published Date
- June 1, 1970
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 1 / 6
Start / End Page
- 521 - 525
PubMed ID
- 16557770
Pubmed Central ID
- 16557770
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0019-9567
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1128/IAI.1.6.521-525.1970
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States