assuming that one can draw inferences concerning the status of fixed macrophages from data obtained using peripheral blood monocytes , the results of this study suggest that the complement specific defect in reticuloendothelial system clearance function in primary biliary cirrhosis is not caused by abnormality in the functional status of complement receptors on fixed macrophages but rather by a factor present in the serum of patients with primary biliary cirrhosis that has the capacity to inhibit the adherence of complement coated erythrocytes to complement receptors present on the surface of fixed macrophages .
C0009498
complement
C0229671
serum