Don't forget about the mannan-binding lectin
aka mannose binding protein. This is one primary agent in immunity.
Search for any of these and find Prof. Turner... and others.
WErner
Frederic Langlois schrieb:
>> Hello! I'd like to know what triggers the inflammatory response when a
> bacteria infects an host. I'm trying to figure out the order the host and
> the immune system respond.
>> Which system is triggered first? Is it the alternative complement pathway? I
> know the coagulation, the kinins and the fibrinolysis enzymes are involved.
> How do they interact with each other?
>> I'm writing a popularized scientific paper (20 pages) on anti-bacterial
> immunity. From this point of view I should consider the complement as the
> first system to ring the alarm when infection occurs, right?
>> The 23 manuals I've read so far are all describing each individual
> sub-system of the host's response to infection, but none of them clearly
> answered these questions.
>> TIA,
>> Frederic Langlois
