Figure 6. Western blot confirmation of the serum level of C3 (∼187 kD), C3a (∼9 kD), C3b (alpha' chain, ∼104 kD) and Ficolin-3 (∼34 kD).

The Non-diabetic serum: the mixture of equal amount of serum from five non-diabetic subjects in Table 1, Diabetic serum: the mixture of equal amount of serum from five diabetic patients in Table 1.