In this video, we're going to begin our lesson on the effects of the complement system. Recall from some of our previous lesson videos that activation of the complement system can result in three possible effects or immune responses. The first of those is going to be called opsonization. The second is going to be lysis of the microbe or microbe cell lysis. And the third is going to be the inflammatory response leading to inflammation.
Take a look at our image down below notice that we're showing you the complement system, which we know from our previous lesson videos can be activated by three different pathways. All three of these pathways will ultimately lead to the formation of the enzyme \(c_3 \) convertase. The formation of this enzyme \(c_3 \) convertase ultimately will lead to these immune responses, either opsonization, microbe cell lysis, or the inflammatory response. These are the effects of the activation of the complement system.
As we move forward in our course we'll be able to talk in more detail about each of these effects of the complement system. This here concludes our brief introduction to the effects of the complement system, and I'll see you all in our next lesson video to talk more about each of these three effects.