c8

c8
activated eighth component of complement

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a component of the membrane attack complex, bound by membrane-bound C5b,6,7 to form C5b,6,7,8, which is anchored in the cell membrane by C8. C8 can then induce the polymerization of C9.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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