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Complement activation and protein adsorption by carbon nanotubes [PDF]

, 2006
As a first step to validate the use of carbon nanotubes as novel vaccine or drug delivery devices, their interaction with a part of the human immune system, complement, has been explored.
Flahaut, Emmanuel, Green, Malcolm L. H., Salvador-Morales, Carolina, Sim, Edith, Sim, Robert B., Sloan, Jeremy   +5 more
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SALO, a novel classical pathway complement inhibitor from saliva of the sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis. [PDF]

, 2016
Blood-feeding insects inject potent salivary components including complement inhibitors into their host's skin to acquire a blood meal. Sand fly saliva was shown to inhibit the classical pathway of complement; however, the molecular identity of the ...
Abdeladhim, M., Brandt, E.A., Collin, N., Coutinho-Abreu, I.V., Fazito Vale, V., Ferreira Mendes-Sousa, A., Ferreira, V.P., Gontijo, N.F., Horácio Pereira, M., Kamhawi, S., Kotsyfakis, M., Lima, K.F., Meneses, C., Nascimento Araújo, R., Oliveira, F., Pangburn, M.K., Rasouli, M., Ribeiro, J.M., Valenzuela, J.G.   +18 more
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Serological and genetic complement alterations in infection-induced and complement-mediated hemolytic uremic syndrome [PDF]

, 2016
Background: The role of complement in the atypical form of hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) has been investigated extensively in recent years. As the HUS-associated bacteria Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) can evade the complement system ...
Bakker, J.A. (Jaap), Bouts, A.H. (Antonia), Dorresteijn, E.M. (Eiske), Goertz, J. (Joop), Gracchi, V. (Valentina), Heuvel, L.P. (Lambert) van den, Jeronimus-Klaasen, A. (Annelies), Kar, N.C. (Nicole) van de, Keijzer-Veen, M.G. (Mandy), Roos, A. (Anja), van der Molen, R.G. (Renate G.), van der Velden, T.J.A.M. (Thea J. A. M.), van Wijk, J.A.E. (Joanna A. E.), Volokhina, E.B. (Elena), Westra, D.F.   +14 more
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Alternative Pathway Dysregulation and the Conundrum of Complement Activation by IgG4 Immune Complexes in Membranous Nephropathy [PDF]

, 2016
Membranous nephropathy (MN), a major cause of nephrotic syndrome, is a non-inflammatory immune kidney disease mediated by IgG antibodies that form glomerular subepithelial immune complexes.
Dorin-Bogdan Borza
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Quantitative Modeling of the Alternative Pathway of the Complement System. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
The complement system is an integral part of innate immunity that detects and eliminates invading pathogens through a cascade of reactions. The destructive effects of the complement activation on host cells are inhibited through versatile regulators that
Nehemiah Zewde, Ronald D Gorham, Angel Dorado, Dimitrios Morikis   +3 more
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Comparison of dominant and nondominant C3 deposition in primary glomerulonephritis [PDF]

Kidney Research and Clinical Practice, 2023
Background Alternative complement pathway dysregulation plays a key role in glomerulonephritis (GN) and is associated with C3 deposition. Herein, we examined pathological and clinical differences between cases of primary GN with C3-dominant (C3D-GN) and ...
Jiwon Ryu, Eunji Baek, Hyung-Eun Son, Ji-Young Ryu, Jong Cheol Jeong, Sejoong Kim, Ki Young Na, Dong-Wan Chae, Seong Pyo Kim, Su Hwan Kim, Jong Hyun Jhee, Tae Ik Chang, Bum Soon Choi, Ho Jun Chin,   +14 more
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Mannose binding lectin is required for alphavirus-induced arthritis/myositis [PDF]

, 2015
Mosquito-borne alphaviruses such as chikungunya virus and Ross River virus (RRV) are emerging pathogens capable of causing large-scale epidemics of virus-induced arthritis and myositis.
Blevins, Lance K., Fraser, Robert J., Gunn, Bronwyn M., Heise, Mark T., Herrero, Lara J., Hueston, Linda, Mahalingam, Suresh, Morrison, Thomas E., Ramirez, Ruben, Smith, Paul N., Whitmore, Alan C.   +10 more
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Properdin and factor H: Opposing players on the alternative complement pathway "see-saw" [PDF]

, 2013
This article has been made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund.Properdin and factor H are two key regulatory proteins having opposite functions in the alternative complement pathway.
Abdul-Aziz, M, Kishore, U, Kouser, L, Nayak, A, Sim, RB, Stover, CM   +5 more
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Mathematical Modelling of Alternative Pathway of Complement System [PDF]

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 2020
AbstractThe complement system (CS) is an integral part of innate immunity and can be activated via three different pathways. The alternative pathway (AP) has a central role in the function of the CS. The AP of complement system is implicated in several human disease pathologies.
Suruchi Bakshi, Fraser Cunningham, Eva-Maria Nichols, Marta Biedzka-Sarek, Jessica Neisen, Sebastien Petit-Frere, Christina Bessant, Loveleena Bansal, Lambertus A. Peletier, Stefano Zamuner, Piet H. van der Graaf   +10 more
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Complement-coagulation cross-talk: a potential mediator of the physiological activation of complement by low pH

Frontiers in Immunology, 2015
The complement system is a major constituent of the innate immune system. It not only bridges innate and adaptive arms of the immune system but also links the immune system with the coagulation system.
Hany Ibrahim Kenawy, Ismet eBoral, Alan eBevington   +2 more
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