January 4, 2006: 10:48 pm: bbcarterImmune System
Here’s another nice reference for the immune complement system.
antibodies identify targets, but it’s the complement system that destroys them.
more to look at there later.
Archive for January, 2006
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation- Blood Stasis?
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation=inappropriate and excessive clotting
no time to answer the question.
Deeper understanding of complement system and plasmin
It’s not easy to find online resources for this.
Here’s a page on the kinin forming system. The pathway we’re interested in involves Hageman Factor and Bradykinin.
Here’s a nice overview of the complement system and help understanding the c3 and c5 roleplayers.
Here’s a diagram of plasminogen to plasmin:
Revelation: this could be the biological correlate to xue yu leading to heat. Xue yu or clotting requires plasmin, and plasmin sets off the inflammatory cascade.
A picture of plasmin:
