"Complement C3b" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The larger fragment generated from the cleavage of COMPLEMENT C3 by C3 CONVERTASE. It is a constituent of the ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY C3 CONVERTASE (C3bBb), and COMPLEMENT C5 CONVERTASES in both the classical (C4b2a3b) and the alternative (C3bBb3b) pathway. C3b participates in IMMUNE ADHERENCE REACTION and enhances PHAGOCYTOSIS. It can be inactivated (iC3b) or cleaved by various proteases to yield fragments such as COMPLEMENT C3C; COMPLEMENT C3D; C3e; C3f; and C3g.
| Descriptor ID |
D003179
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.124.486.274.250.260
|
| Concept/Terms |
Complement C3b- Complement C3b
- C3b, Complement
- Complement Component 3b
- Component 3b, Complement
- C3b Complement
- Complement, C3b
- Complement 3b
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Complement C3b".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Complement C3b".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Complement C3b" by people in this website by year, and whether "Complement C3b" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
![]()
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Complement C3b" by people in Profiles.