Serum C3 Enhances Complement Receptor 3-Mediated Phagocytosis of Borrelia burgdorferi

Int J Biol Sci. 2015 Sep 11;11(11):1269-71. doi: 10.7150/ijbs.13395. eCollection 2015.

Authors

Kelly L Hawley¹, Chris M Olson Jr¹, Ana Carreras-González², Nicolás Navasa², Juan Anguita³

Affiliations

¹ 1. Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 01003 Amherst, MA, USA.
² 2. CIC bioGUNE, Bizkaia Technology Park, 48160 Derio, Spain.
³ 1. Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 01003 Amherst, MA, USA ; 2. CIC bioGUNE, Bizkaia Technology Park, 48160 Derio, Spain ; 3. IKERBASQUE, Basque foundation for science, 48013 Bilbao, Spain.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Borrelia burgdorferi / metabolism*
Cell Line, Tumor
Complement C3b / metabolism*
Mice, Knockout
Opsonin Proteins / metabolism
Phagocytosis / physiology*
Rats

Substances

Opsonin Proteins
Complement C3b