a: complement system ~
b: molecular alarm system

What:

"The complement system is like a molecular alarm system and first responder, Grice explains. "It leads the counterattack against microbial insult." The system is an evolutionarily ancient branch of the immune response and a key function is marking microbial and dying host cells for elimination."


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Writer: Elizabeth Grice, PhD
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Date: Apr 24 2015 10:09 PM


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