Complement components in normal pregnancy.
Sixteen complement components were analysed at three different occasions during a normal pregnancy. Samples were also obtained at delivery and six weeks post partum. All factors but C1 IA and D increased during the pregnancy. Six weeks after the delivery, the levels of all components but C1s, C4 and C6 showed a beginning normalisation. In 15 per cent of the women, C1 IA was functionally inactive at delivery.
D003165:Complement System Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000276:immunology*
D003165:Complement System Proteins