The Membrane Attack Stage of the Complement Cascade Involves ______

question 49

Multiple Choice

The membrane attack stage of the complement cascade involves ______.

• A) the cleaving of C3 to yield C3a and C3b
• B) initiation of the cascade
• C) a ring-shaped protein digesting holes in bacterial cell membranes and virus envelopes
• D) C1q binding to surface receptors on a membrane
• E) the production of inflammatory cytokines

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