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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Assembly and Activation of Alternative Complement Components on Endothelial Cell-Anchored Ultra-Large Von Willebrand Factor Links Complement and Hemostasis-Thrombosis [PDF]
, 2013 Background: Vascular endothelial cells (ECs) express and release protein components of the complement pathways, as well as secreting and anchoring ultra-large von Willebrand factor (ULVWF) multimers in long string-like structures that initiate platelet ...
Moake, Joel, Turner, Nancy A.
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Frontiers in Immunology, 2014 The classical pathway of complement plays multiple physiological roles including modulating immunological effectors initiated by adaptive immune responses as well as an essential homeostatic role in the clearance of damaged self-antigens.
Julia A Sharp +5 more
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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 +5 more
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SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies Mediate Complement and Cellular Driven Inflammation
Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 The ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) continues to constitute a serious public health threat worldwide.
Ida Jarlhelt +11 more
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Paths reunited: initiation of the classical and lectin pathways of complement activation [PDF]
, 2010 Understanding the structural organisation and mode of action of the initiating complex of the classical pathway of complement activation (C1) has been a central goal in complement biology since its isolation almost 50 years ago.
Keeble, Anthony H. +4 more
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Early complementopathy predicts the outcomes of patients with trauma
Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open, 2019 Background Complementopathy (rapid complement activation and consumption after trauma) has been reported in trauma patients, but the underlying mechanism of these phenomena and their clinical significance remain unclear. This study aimed to determine the
Bin Liu +6 more
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Classical complement pathway activation in membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis
Kidney International, 1976 Levels of components of the classical and alternative complement pathways and the activity of the C3 nephritic factor (C3NeF) were measured in serum specimens from patients with type I (subendothelial deposits) and type II (intramembranous dense deposits) membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) and the results compared with the levels in normal
Ooi, Yuet M. +2 more
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Blood platelets activate the classical pathway of human complement [PDF]
Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 2006 Activation of the complement system plays a key role in inflammation associated with vascular injury. Recently, platelet P-selectin was shown to activate C3 via the alternative pathway of human complement. As platelets also posses binding sites for C1q, the recognition unit of the classical complement pathway, the present study examined classical ...
E I B, Peerschke +3 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. +10 more
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