Complement System Made Easy- Immunology- Classical Alternate & Lectin pathway

GET LECTURE HANDOUTS and other DOWNLOADABLE CONTENT FROM THIS VIDEO SUPPORT US ON PATREON OR JOIN HERE ON YOUTUBE. The complement system is a part of the immune system that enhances (complements) the ability of antibodies and phagocytic cells to clear microbes and damaged cells from an organism, promotes inflammation, and attacks the pathogen’s plasma membrane. It is part of the innate immune system,[1] which is not adaptable and does not change over the course of an individual’s lifetime. It can be recruited and brought into action by the adaptive immune system. The complement system consists of a number of small proteins found in the blood, in general synthesized by the liver, and normally circulating as inactive precursors (pro-proteins). When stimulated by one of several triggers, proteases in the system cleave specific proteins to release cytokines and initiate an amplifying cascade of further cleavages. The end result of this compleme