Until renamed by Paul Ehrlich in the 1890s, the heat-labile, nonspecific part of the immune system that enhances inflammation was known as "alexin". We now know that various proteins of this system have a variety of functions, including bursting pathogens by insertion of a membrane-attack complex. What did Erhlich rename this specific part of the innate immune system?

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Paul Ehrlich renamed "alexin" as the complement system, which is a part of the innate immune system that enhances the ability to clear microbes and damaged cells, promotes inflammation, and attacks the pathogen's cell membrane.

Until Renamed by Paul Ehrlich in the 1890s, the Heat-Labile