Complement system and tumor: Research progress / 国际药学研究杂志

ABSTRACT

Complement system is an important component of innate immunity and has been recognized as an effective means to inhibit tumor. However, in last decades, accumulating studies showed unexpected results that the complement components and their activation products could promote development of malignancies by secreting growth factors, activating signal pathway and promoting tumor angiogenesis. Herein, the relationship between the complement system and tumor is reviewed.