Medical Definition of Complement 3 nephritic factor

1. A magnesium-dependent IgG autoantibody found in serum of patients with chronic mesangioproliferative hypocomplementemic glomerulonephritis. It causes inactivation of c3 in the alternate pathway by cleaving c3 into two inactive fragments, c3c and c3d, instead of the normal c3b. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Complement 3 Nephritic Factor

complectional
complections
complects
complement
complement-fixation reaction
complement-fixation test
complement-fixing antibody
complement 1
complement 1 inactivators
complement 1q
complement 1r
complement 1s
complement 2
complement 3
complement 3 convertase
complement 3 nephritic factor (current term)
complement 3a
complement 3b
complement 3b inactivators
complement 3c
complement 3d
complement 4
complement 4a
complement 4b
complement 5
complement 5a
complement 6
complement 7
complement 8
complement 9

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