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DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 24, Issue 2-3, Pages 85-101Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(99)00066-X
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mannan-binding lectin; mannose-binding lectin; MBL; collectin; complement activation; lectin; innate immune system; acute phase protein; chicken; review
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Mannan-binding lectin (MBL) is a serum collectin (i.e. mosaic protein with collagenous and lectin domains) involved in the innate immune defence against various microbes. In vitro studies indicate that MBL exerts its function by binding to the microbial surface through its carbohydrate recognition domains followed by direct opsonization or complement activation via the MBL associated serine proteases MASP-1 and MASP-2. In Aves (i.e. chickens), as in man, only one MBL form has been found, while traditional laboratory animals (i.e. mouse and rat) have two MBL forms in serum. MBL has been extensively studied in mammals but recently also in Aves. This review summarizes the present knowledge of MBL in chickens and compares it to the situation in mammals. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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