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Full-length human C5aR cDNA, C5a is a proinflammatory peptide generated through activation of the complement system, and is more potent than the other anaphylatoxins, C4a and C3a, in activating peripheral blood leukocytes (Gerard & Gerard, 1994). It can actively participate in the regulation of local cytokine network by stimulating production of proinflammatory cytokines (Buchner et al., 1995, Hsu, et al., 1999). The proinflammatory effects of C5a are mediated through binding to a specific 7-TM chemoattractant receptor, C5aR (CD88). Binding of C5a to phagocyte C5aR induces chemotaxis, production of superoxide anions, and release of degradative enzymes. Pharmacologic or genetic disruption of C5a/C5aR interaction reduces sepsis (Riedemann et al., 2003), immune complex-induced lung disease (Shushakova et al., 2002), and Arthrogen-induced arthritis (Grant et al., 2002) in experimental models. Chemicon's cloned human C5a receptor membrane preparations are ideal tools for screening for antagonists of C5a/C5aR interactions. The C5aR Membrane Preps bind specifically to 125I-labeled ligand C5a, with Kd of 0.59 nM. With 5 mug membrane per well and 0.1 nM 125I-labeled C5a, more than 15-fold signal:background was obtained.