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... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Blood Proteins > Immunoproteins > Complement System Proteins > Anaphylatoxins > Complement C3a
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Blood Proteins > Acute-Phase Proteins > Complement C3 > Complement C3a
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Blood Proteins > Immunoproteins > Complement System Proteins > Complement C3 > Complement C3a

Preferred term

Complement C3a  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The smaller fragment generated from the cleavage of complement C3 by C3 CONVERTASE. C3a, a 77-amino acid peptide, is a mediator of local inflammatory process. It induces smooth MUSCLE CONTRACTION, and HISTAMINE RELEASE from MAST CELLS and LEUKOCYTES. C3a is considered an anaphylatoxin along with COMPLEMENT C4A; COMPLEMENT C5A; and COMPLEMENT C5A, DES-ARGININE.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • 80295-42-7
  • C3a Complement
  • Complement 3a
  • Complement Component 3a

Allowable Qualifier(s)

Pharmacological Action(s)

In other languages

  • Complément C3a

    French

  • 80295-42-7
  • Complement C3a
  • Composant C3a du complément
  • Fraction C3a du complément
  • Fragment C3a du complément

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-VXZJXN28-1

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