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Innate immunity and complement research

Explore pathogen sensing, myeloid-cell regulation, inflammatory mediators and complement cascades for mechanism studies and target evaluation.

  • Innate immunity and complement pathways
  • Receptors, ligands and regulators
  • Recombinant and labelled protein tools
Innate immune cell interacting with membrane receptors and soluble proteins

Key innate-immunity research pathways

Pattern recognition and initial sensing

Identify pathogen- and damage-associated signals through surface and intracellular pattern-recognition receptors.

Explore pathway
TLR / RLR / NLRPAMP / DAMP

Myeloid and phagocytic regulation

Study phagocytic recognition and immune regulation in macrophages, monocytes and dendritic cells.

Explore pathway
CD47–SIRPαCD33 · M-CSF

Inflammatory mediators and innate output

Connect cytokine release and inflammatory amplification with downstream innate-immune experiments.

Explore pathway
IL-1α · IL-6IL-18 · IL-33

Complement activation, convergence and effect

Classical pathway

Antibodies and immune complexes

C1 · C4 · C2

Lectin pathway

Glycan pattern recognition

MBL · Ficolin · MASP

Alternative pathway

Microbial and altered surfaces

Factor B · Factor D · Properdin

Complement pathways converging on C3 and C5 and producing three effector outcomes

C3 / C5 convergence hub

C1 inhibitor · CR1 / CD35 · Factor H / Factor I · CD46 / CD55

Inflammatory amplification

C3a and C5a support inflammatory-cell recruitment and signal amplification.

Opsonization and phagocytosis

C3b marks target surfaces for immune-cell recognition and clearance.

Membrane attack complex

C5b–C9 forms an effector pore on the membrane surface.

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