Complement, antigen handling and adaptive immunity

Sonderforschungsbereich 877 an der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
Proteolysis as a Regulatory Event
in Pathophysiology
Dienstag
21. Februar 2017
17:15 Uhr
SFB877 Seminar
Hörsaal Biochemie, CAU Kiel
Rudolf-Höber Str.1
Prof. Dr. Admar Verschoor
Institut für Systemische Entzündungsforschung, Universität Lübeck
`Complement, antigen handling
and adaptive immunity´
Immunologists commonly divide the immune system into two distinct ‘innate’ and
‘adaptive’ entities. The innate branch, regarded as the ‘inborn’ part of the immune
system, has evolved to provide a rapid and broad first response to infection. Its
fast, but rigid character sets it apart from the adaptive response, which
comprises B and T cell immunity, is flexible and lasting, but also slower to
develop. Even though innate and adaptive immunity differ in nature, they do share
areas of interaction and collaboration. One such area is the complement system.
In “Complement, antigen handling and adaptive immunity”, Prof Verschoor of the
Institute for Systemic Inflammation Research, University Lübeck, will review how
soluble and membrane-associated factors of the complement system importantly
direct the adaptive immune response to infection.
SFB877-Sprecher:
Prof. Dr. Stefan Rose-John Biochemisches Institut, Olshausenstrasse 40, D-24118 Kiel,
Tel. 0431 880 -3336 /-2018 http://www.uni-kiel.de/Biochemie/sfb877

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