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Complement component 6
Introduction
Complement component 6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the C6 gene.[1]
Complement component 6 is a protein involved in the complement system. It is part of the membrane attack complex which can insert into the cell membrane and cause cell to lyse.
People with C6 deficiency are prone to bacterial infection.[1]
Further reading
Further reading
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- Cerhan JR, Novak AJ, Fredericksen ZS, et al. (2009). “Risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in association with germline variation in complement genes”. Br. J. Haematol. 145 (5): 614–23. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.07675.x. PMC 2820509. PMID 19344414.
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- Müller-Eberhard HJ (1988). “Molecular organization and function of the complement system”. Annu. Rev. Biochem. 57: 321–47. doi:10.1146/annurev.bi.57.070188.001541. PMID 3052276.
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- Eid NA, Hussein AA, Elzein AM, et al. (2010). “Candidate malaria susceptibility/protective SNPs in hospital and population-based studies: the effect of sub-structuring”. Malar. J. 9: 119. doi:10.1186/1475-2875-9-119. PMCÂ 2877684. PMIDÂ 20459687.
- Fosbrink M, Cudrici C, Tegla CA, et al. (2009). “Response gene to complement 32 is required for C5b-9 induced cell cycle activation in endothelial cells”. Exp. Mol. Pathol. 86 (2): 87–94. doi:10.1016/j.yexmp.2008.12.005. PMC 2699899. PMID 19162005.
- Rajaraman P, Brenner AV, Neta G, et al. (2010). “Risk of meningioma and common variation in genes related to innate immunity”. Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev. 19 (5): 1356–61. doi:10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-09-1151. PMC 3169167. PMID 20406964.
- Ennis S, Jomary C, Mullins R, et al. (2008). “Association between the SERPING1 gene and age-related macular degeneration: a two-stage case-control study”. Lancet. 372 (9652): 1828–34. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61348-3. PMID 18842294.
- Soejima M, Tachida H, Tsuneoka M, et al. (2005). “Nucleotide sequence analyses of human complement 6 (C6) gene suggest balancing selection”. Ann. Hum. Genet. 69 (Pt 3): 239–52. doi:10.1046/j.1529-8817.2005.00165.x. PMID 15845028.
- Bulla R, Bossi F, Agostinis C, et al. (2009). “Complement production by trophoblast cells at the feto-maternal interface”. J. Reprod. Immunol. 82 (2): 119–25. doi:10.1016/j.jri.2009.06.124. PMID 19665237.
- Gancz D, Donin N, Fishelson Z (2009). “Involvement of the c-jun N-terminal kinases JNK1 and JNK2 in complement-mediated cell death”. Mol. Immunol. 47 (2–3): 310–7. doi:10.1016/j.molimm.2009.09.016. PMID 19864026.
- Parham KL, Roberts A, Thomas A, et al. (2007). “Prevalence of mutations leading to complete C6 deficiency (C6Q0) in the Western Cape, South Africa and detection of novel mutations leading to C6Q0 in an Irish family”. Mol. Immunol. 44 (10): 2756–60. doi:10.1016/j.molimm.2006.11.022. PMID 17257682.
- Wu C, Ma MH, Brown KR, et al. (2007). “Systematic identification of SH3 domain-mediated human protein-protein interactions by peptide array target screening”. Proteomics. 7 (11): 1775–85. doi:10.1002/pmic.200601006. PMID 17474147.
- Bailey SD, Xie C, Do R, et al. (2010). “Variation at the NFATC2 locus increases the risk of thiazolidinedione-induced edema in the Diabetes REduction Assessment with ramipril and rosiglitazone Medication (DREAM) study”. Diabetes Care. 33 (10): 2250–3. doi:10.2337/dc10-0452. PMC 2945168. PMID 20628086.
External links
External links
- Complement+C6 at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)