Objective: Activation of the complement system has recently been implicated in the mechanisms of fetal loss in the antiphospholipid syndrome...
Keywords: pregnancy, intrauterine fetal death, anaphylatoxins, complement system, C3a, C4a, C5a, pre-eclampsia
07/2005 | Journal of Perinatal Medicine, Walter de Gruyter
Objective: The complement system plays a central role in the first line of defense against invading pathogens, and its activation involves the release of potent pro-inflammatory mediators such as anaphylatoxins C3a, C4a and C5a...
Keywords: parturition, human labor, preterm labor, intra-amniotic infection, anaphylatoxin, C3a, C4a, C5a
07/2005 | Journal of Perinatal Medicine, Walter de Gruyter