Which of the following would NOT be an action of the complement system?

a. lysis of a pathogen's membrane
b. trapping of pathogens in tangled protein threads
c. marking of pathogens for destruction by macrophages
d. attraction of phagocytes to the scene of pathogen invasion
e. membrane attack complexes


B

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