The blood cleaning removes the immune complex, which in turn removes toxins.
When these antigens bind antibodies, immune complexes of different sizes form.
These immune complexes insert themselves into small blood vessels, joints, and glomeruli, causing symptoms.
Often, immunofluorescence microscopy can be used to visualize the immune complexes ).
Type I the most common by far, is caused by immune complexes depositing in the kidney.
C3b also aids in the clearance of immune complexes (antigen-antibody).
The body produces antibodies, which combine with these proteins to form immune complexes.
In most cases, vasculitis is thought to be caused by bodies circulating in the blood called immune complexes.
Osler's nodes result from the deposition of immune complexes.
The immune complex can trigger different types of inflammation-related processes in the body.