The complement system plays an important role in a host's defence mechanisms, such as in
immune bacteriolysis, neutralization of viruses, immune adherence, immunoconglutination …

Several natural components abundant in the fluid phase of human breast‐milk have been
shown to be inhibitors of complement activation in vitro, particularly the classical pathway …

Objective and Design: It has long been observed that the human milk possesses significant
anti-inflammatory properties, while simultaneously protecting the infant against many …

The importance of colostrum for the growth and health of newborn offspring is well known. In
bovine colostrum, the antibody (immunoglobulin) complement system provides a major …

The availability of techniques for establishment of primary, long term monolayers of breast
milk macrophages and blood monocytes permitted a direct comparison of biosynthetic …

The immune system of higher eukaryotes has evolved in response to interactions with
infectious and environmental agents which breach the outer structural barriers of skin and …

Evidence has been obtained for the presence in human colostrum of all nine components of
complement (C), C1 through C9, and factors of the alternative pathway. Samples of …

While the crucial role of complement in the immune defense against infection is a long-
established fact, its protective function also in the nonimmune host was recognized only …

Little is known about the physiological roles and contribution of the human breast-milk
complement system in the protection of both the maternal mammary gland and the nursing …

The complement system was discovered toward the end of the nineteenth century as a heat-
labile principle in fresh non immune serum which was essential for the bactericidal activity of …