Multiple Choice
Amplification steps in the complement pathways occur
A) in the classical pathway with C1 cleaving multiple molecules of C4 and multiple C2 for every C1 and C4; in the alternative pathway with the C3b of other pathways becoming C3 convertase; and then the C3b becoming part of a C5 convertase
B) in all pathways with all the C3 convertases making multiple C3a +C3b
C) with C9 polymerization
D) all of the above
E) A and B only
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