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Germline mutations in the alternative pathway of complement predispose to HELLP syndrome.

JCI Insight, 2018
BACKGROUND HELLP (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets) syndrome is a severe variant of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy affecting approximately 1% of all pregnancies, and has significant maternal and fetal morbidity.
A. Vaught, Evan M. Braunstein, Jagar A. Jasem, Xuan Yuan, I. Makhlin, Solange N. Eloundou, Andrea C. Baines, Samuel A. Merrill, Shruti Chaturvedi, K. Blakemore, C. John Sperati, Robert A. Brodsky   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

KLK7 overexpression promotes an aggressive phenotype and facilitates peritoneal dissemination in colorectal cancer cells

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
KLK7, a tissue kallikrein‐related peptidase, is elevated in advanced colorectal cancer and associated with shorter survival. High KLK7 levels in ascites correlate with peritoneal metastasis. In mice, KLK7 overexpression increases metastasis. In vitro, KLK7 enhances cancer cell proliferation, migration, adhesion, and spheroid formation, driving ...
Yosr Z. Haffani, Tobias Dreyer, Meriem Naim, Rea Lo Dico, Natalia A. Ignatenko, Viktor Magdolen, Dalila Darmoul   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Baicalin relieves complement alternative pathway activation-induced lung inflammation through inhibition of NF-κB pathway

BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
Introduction Acute lung injury (ALI) as one kind of acute pulmonary inflammatory disorder, manifests primarily as damage to alveolar epithelial cells and microvascular endothelial cells.
Jiao Li, Qi-Yun Zhang, Qing-Yu Lu, Qiao-Zhou Liu, Li Guo, Min Li, Qian-Yun Sun   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mycobacterial cell division arrest and smooth‐to‐rough envelope transition using CRISPRi‐mediated genetic repression systems

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
CRISPRI‐mediated gene silencing and phenotypic exploration in nontuberculous mycobacteria. In this Research Protocol, we describe approaches to control, monitor, and quantitatively assess CRISPRI‐mediated gene silencing in M. smegmatis and M. abscessus model organisms.
Vanessa Point, Wafaa Achache, Janïs Laudouze, Eliana Sepulveda Ramos, Mickaël Maziero, Céline Crauste, Stéphane Canaan, Pierre Santucci   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hemolytic activity of alternative complement pathway as an indicator of innate immunity in pacu (Piaractus mesopotamicus)

, 2012
The objective of this study was to evaluate the methodology to establish the hemolytic activity of alternative complement pathway as an indicator of the innate immunity in Brazilian fish pacu (Piaractus mesopotamicus), in addition to verifying the ...
J. D. Biller-Takahashi, L. S. Takahashi, C. M. Marzocchi-Machado, F. Zanuzzo, R. Sabioni, E. Urbinati   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Progressive IgA Nephropathy Is Associated With Low Circulating Mannan-Binding Lectin-Associated Serine Protease-3 (MASP-3) and Increased Glomerular Factor H-Related Protein-5 (FHR5) Deposition

, 2017
Introduction IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is characterized by glomerular deposition of galactose-deficient IgA1 and complement proteins and leads to renal impairment.
Constantinou, N, Cook, HT, Hansen, AG, Lomax-Browne, HJ, Medjeral-Thomas, NR, Pickering, MC, Pusey, CD, Thiel, S, Troldborg, A, Willicombe, M   +9 more
core   +2 more sources

Enzymatic degradation of biopolymers in amorphous and molten states: mechanisms and applications

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
This review explains how polymer morphology and thermal state shape enzymatic degradation pathways, comparing amorphous and molten biopolymer structures. By integrating structure–reactivity principles with insights from thermodynamics and enzyme engineering, it highlights mechanisms that enable efficient polymer breakdown.
Anđela Pustak, Aleksandra Maršavelski
wiley   +1 more source

Chronic kidney disease enhances alternative pathway activity: a new paradigm

The Journal of Clinical Investigation
Reduced kidney function is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease in addition to kidney disease progression. Kidney disease is considered an inflammatory state, based on elevated levels of C-reactive protein and inflammatory cytokines ...
Diana I. Jalal, Joshua M. Thurman, Richard J.H. Smith   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Functional evaluation of rare variants in complement factor I using a minigene assay

Frontiers in Immunology
The regulatory serine protease, complement factor I (FI), in conjunction with one of its cofactors (FH, C4BP, MCP, or CR1), plays an essential role in controlling complement activity through inactivation of C3b and C4b.
Cobey J. H. Donelson, Nicolo Ghiringhelli Borsa, Amanda O. Taylor, Richard J. H. Smith, Yuzhou Zhang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

In vaccinated individuals serum bactericidal activity against B meningococci is abrogated by C5 inhibition but not by inhibition of the alternative complement pathway. [PDF]

Front Immunol, 2023
Ispasanie E, Muri L, Schmid M, Schubart A, Thorburn C, Zamurovic N, Holbro T, Kammüller M, Pluschke G.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source