The innate immune system consists of a cellular and a humoral arm. Pentraxins (eg, the
short pentraxin C reactive protein and the long pentraxin PTX3) are key components of the …

Mannose-binding lectin (MBL) is a pattern recognition molecule of the innate immune
system. It belongs to the collectin family of proteins in which lectin (carbohydrate …

Innate immunity is the earliest response to invading microbes and acts to contain infection in
the first minutes to hours of challenge. Unlike adaptive immunity that relies upon clonal …

Complement is a major component of innate immune system involved in defending against
all the foreign pathogens through complement fragments that participate in opsonization …

When the adaptive immune response is either immature or compromised, the innate
immune system constitutes the principle defense against infection. Mannose-binding lectin …

The human collectin, mannose‐binding lectin (MBL), is an important protein of the humoral
innate immune system. With multiple carbohydrate‐recognition domains, it is able to bind to …

Little is known about the innate immune response to severe acute respiratory syndrome
(SARS) coronavirus (CoV) infection. Mannose-binding lectin (MBL), a key molecule in innate …

Mannan-binding lectin (MBL) is a collectin (protein with both collagen-like and C-type lectin
domains) synthesised in the liver and secreted into the bloodstream. Its plasma …

Collectins are a family of collagenous calcium‐dependent defense lectins in animals. Their
polypeptide chains consist of four regions: a cysteine‐rich N‐terminal domain, a collagen …

Mannan‐binding lectin (MBL) is a plasma collectin (C‐type lectin with a collagen‐like
domain) and is considered an important component of innate immunity. Circulating MBL is …