Abstract
The complement system plays a key role in host defense and in the development of autoimmunity. Three types of animal models of complement-mediated disease have traditionally been used: they involve normal animals, animals with spontaneously arising genetic deficiency, and animals treated with complement-inactivating agents. All of these approaches have had partial success in our attempts to understand complement mechanisms. Most animal models of genetic deficiency have been studied relatively little, as the availability of such animals is limited. C4, C2, and partial C3 deficiency in the guinea pig are well characterized, although only C4 deficiency in the guinea pig has been exclusively studied. C3 deficiency in the dog and C6 deficiency in the rabbit are well described, although studies are limited in number. C6 deficiency in the rat has been described recently and C5 deficiency in inbred mice strains has been studied fairly extensively. Factor H deficiency in the Yorkshire pig has also been described. Relatively few agents that inhibit complement are in use. Most widely used in animal studies is cobra venom factor. This inactivates the alternative complement pathway in the fluid phase and thereby depletes complement protein ...Continue Reading
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