Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The alternative pathway of the complement system is an innate component of the immune system's natural defense against infections, which can operate without antibody participation. The alternative pathway is one of three complement pathways that opsonize and kill pathogens. The alternative pathway does not require a specific antibody to commence, and, so, can be effective much faster than if antibody synthesis had to take place, as in the classical pathway. The caveat of this faster activation is that only specific types of antigens can activate this pathway.

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