MBL2 and cancer: Thelectin pathway (LP) can be activated in the absence of immunecomplexes and initiated by the binding of molecules ofthe pattern recognition receptor superfamily (lectins), suchas mannose-binding lectin (MBL), colleсtin 11 (CL-K1),or ficolins, to carbohydrates or acetylated residues foundon the pathogen surface or host apoptotic/cancer cells (Aliet al., 2012).