"Complement C4b" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The large fragment formed when COMPLEMENT C4 is cleaved by COMPLEMENT C1S. The membrane-bound C4b binds COMPLEMENT C2A, a SERINE PROTEASE, to form C4b2a (CLASSICAL PATHWAY C3 CONVERTASE) and subsequent C4b2a3b (CLASSICAL PATHWAY C5 CONVERTASE).
| Descriptor ID |
D015935
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.124.486.274.350.260
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| Concept/Terms |
Complement C4b- Complement C4b
- C4b, Complement
- Complement 4b
- Complement Component 4b
- Component 4b, Complement
- C4b Complement
- Complement, C4b
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Lee J, Romero R, Xu Y, Kim JS, Topping V, Yoo W, Kusanovic JP, Chaiworapongsa T, Hassan SS, Yoon BH, Kim CJ. A signature of maternal anti-fetal rejection in spontaneous preterm birth: chronic chorioamnionitis, anti-human leukocyte antigen antibodies, and C4d. PLoS One. 2011 Feb 04; 6(2):e16806.