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<Structure load='1b09' size='350' frame='true' align='left' caption='Representation of one CRP bound to phosphocholine' scene='Insert optional scene name here' />
<Structure load='1b09' size='350' frame='true' align='left' caption='Representation of one CRP bound to phosphocholine' scene='Insert optional scene name here' />




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The role of CRP to protect the host of infection and inflammation is thus certainly done first by binding to phosphocholine or other ligands such as phosphoethanolamine, and then by activation of the classical complement pathway via interaction with C1q or phagocytosis via interaction with Fc receptors.
The role of CRP to protect the host of infection and inflammation is thus certainly done first by binding to phosphocholine or other ligands such as phosphoethanolamine, and then by activation of the classical complement pathway via interaction with C1q or phagocytosis via interaction with Fc receptors.