title: Interactions of complement with the red-cell membrane.
abstract: Interactions of the complement components with the red-cell membrane are, as delineated, many and complex. Much is known about the nature of the complement components that take part in these interactions, but relatively little is known about the membrane or the components of the membrane with which they interact. Such understanding will be essential if we are to be able to explain the great resistance to complement lysis shown by normal red cells or the abnormalities that result in increased or decreased interacition of complement with abnormal red cells.
mesh_terms: D000906:Antibodies / Q000276:immunology; D003172:Complement C1 / Q000276:immunology; D003175:Complement C2 / Q000276:immunology; D003176:Complement C3 / Q000276:immunology; D003181:Complement C4 / Q000276:immunology; D003182:Complement C5 / Q000276:immunology; D003183:Complement C6 / Q000276:immunology; D003184:Complement C7 / Q000276:immunology; D003185:Complement C8 / Q000276:immunology; D003186:Complement C9 / Q000276:immunology; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D003170:Complement Pathway, Alternative; D003165:Complement System Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D004910:Erythrocyte Membrane / Q000276:immunology*; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D006461:Hemolysis; D006801:Humans; D007104:Immune Adherence Reaction
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D003172:Complement C1; D003175:Complement C2; D003176:Complement C3; D003181:Complement C4; D003182:Complement C5; D003183:Complement C6; D003184:Complement C7; D003185:Complement C8; D003186:Complement C9; D003165:Complement System Proteins