Chemicals and Drugs

Ficolins

Soluble oligomeric defense proteins with lectin-like activity. They initiate the LECTIN pathway of COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION through attached serine proteases and a primitive OPSONIZATION.

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Abstract

Soluble oligomeric defense proteins with lectin-like activity. They initiate the LECTIN pathway of COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION through attached serine proteases and a primitive OPSONIZATION.

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  • Collagen-Fibrinogen Domain Containing Lectins
  • Ficolin A
  • Ficolin-A
  • Ficolin-alpha
  • Ficolin-beta
  • Hucolin
  • L-Ficolin
  • M-Ficolin

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.

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History Note

2024 (1993)

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  1. D12.776w.503w.210w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Ficolins. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000097604. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000097604
  2. Ficolins. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficolin
  3. Ficolins. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5446528