Phosphocholine
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Through Placenta
In nematodes and human placentas, phosphocholine is selectively attached to other proteins as a posttranslational modification to suppress an immune response by their hosts.
It is also one of the binding targets of C-reactive protein (CRP). Thus, when a cell is damaged, CRP binds to phosphocholine, beginning the recognition and phagocytotic immunologic response.
Phosphocholine is a natural constituent of hens' eggs (and many other eggs) often used in biomimetic membrane studies.
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