THE PHLOGISTIC ROLE OF C3 LEUKOTACTIC FRAGMENTS IN MYOCARDIAL INFARCTS OF RATS

Abstract
An improved method is described for extraction from rat myocardium of an enzyme that cleaves the third component of complement (C3) into leukotactic fragments. Direct cleavage of C3 has been shown by the use of a radiolabeled preparation of human C3. The enzyme elutes slightly beyond (retarded to) an albumin marker in gel filtration.