Wikis > Microbiology and Infection Control > Defence against infection > Nonspecific biochemical and cellular response / “Second line of defence” > Inflammatory response > Antimicrobial chemicals involved in cellular response
Antimicrobial chemicals involved in cellular response:
i) Complement:
• group of 20+ plasma proteins that are normally in an inactive state in circulation
• when activated and fixed on a foreign cell’s membrane lysis of cell and enhancement of phagocytosis
ii) Interferon:
• synthesised by virus infected cells and certain immune cells
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