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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

Kidney International Reports, 2018
IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is characterized by glomerular deposition of galactose-deficient IgA1 and complement proteins and leads to renal impairment. Complement deposition through the alternative and lectin activation pathways is associated with renal ...
Nicholas R. Medjeral-Thomas, Anne Troldborg, Nicholas Constantinou, Hannah J. Lomax-Browne, Annette G. Hansen, Michelle Willicombe, Charles D. Pusey, H. Terence Cook, Steffen Thiel, Matthew C. Pickering   +9 more
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Hyperfunctional complement C3 promotes C5-dependent atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome in mice [PDF]

, 2019
Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) is frequently associated in humans with loss-of-function mutations in complement-regulating proteins or gain-of-function mutations in complement-activating proteins.
Atkinson, John P, Barlow, Paul N, Cook, H. T, Cooke, Katie, Denton, Harriet, Kavanagh, David, Liszewski, M. K, Marchbank, Kevin J, Pappworth, Isabel Y, Pickering, Matthew C, Smith-Jackson, Kate, Yang, Yi   +11 more
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Highly Sensitive Flow Cytometric Detection of Residual B-Cells After Rituximab in Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies-Associated Vasculitis Patients

Frontiers in Immunology, 2020
BackgroundB-cell depletion with rituximab (RTX) is an effective treatment for anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) patients.
Laura S. van Dam, Jelle M. Oskam, Sylvia W. A. Kamerling, Eline J. Arends, O. W. Bredewold, Magdalena A. Berkowska, Jacques J. M. van Dongen, Ton J. Rabelink, Cees van Kooten, Y. K. Onno Teng   +9 more
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Preferential association of hepatitis C virus with CD19+ B cells is mediated by complement system [PDF]

, 2016
Extrahepatic disease manifestations are common in chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. The mechanism of HCV-related lymphoproliferative disorders is not fully understood.
Alter, Harvey J., Baré, Patricia, De Giorgi, Valeria, Grandinetti, Teresa, Matsuura, Kentaro, Salam, Kazi Abdus, Schechterly, Cathy, Wang, Richard   +7 more
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Efficacy of belimumab combined with rituximab in severe systemic lupus erythematosus: study protocol for the phase 3, multicenter, randomized, open-label Synbiose 2 trial

Trials, 2022
Background Belimumab, an anti-B-cell activating factor antibody, is approved for the treatment of auto-antibody positive systemic lupus erythematosus with a high degree of disease activity.
Mieke van Schaik, Eline J. Arends, Darius Soonawala, Ellen van Ommen, Karina de Leeuw, Maarten Limper, Pieter van Paassen, Tom W. J. Huizinga, René E. M. Toes, Cees van Kooten, Joris I. Rotmans, Ton J. Rabelink, Y. K. Onno Teng   +12 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., Mitchell, Daniel A., Schmid, Ralf, Schwaeble, Wilhelm J., Wallis, Russell   +4 more
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TIGIT-positive circulating follicular helper T cells display robust B-cell help functions: potential role in sickle cell alloimmunization

Haematologica, 2015
T follicular helper cells are the main CD4+ T cells specialized in supporting B-cell responses, but their role in driving transfusion-associated alloimmunization is not fully characterized.
Emmanuelle Godefroy, Hui Zhong, Petra Pham, David Friedman, Karina Yazdanbakhsh   +4 more
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A geometrically bounding hyperbolic link complement [PDF]

, 2015
A finite-volume hyperbolic 3-manifold geometrically bounds if it is the geodesic boundary of a finite-volume hyperbolic 4-manifold. We construct here an example of non-compact, finite-volume hyperbolic 3-manifold that geometrically bounds. The 3-manifold
Slavich, Leone
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Pathogenic Leptospira Secreted Proteases Target the Membrane Attack Complex: A Potential Role for Thermolysin in Complement Inhibition

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017
Leptospirosis is a zoonosis caused by spirochetes from the genus Leptospira. This disease is common in tropical and subtropical areas, constituting a serious public health problem.
Thais A. Amamura, Tatiana R. Fraga, Sílvio A. Vasconcellos, Angela S. Barbosa, Lourdes Isaac   +4 more
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Robust Orthogonal Complement Principal Component Analysis [PDF]

, 2016
Recently, the robustification of principal component analysis has attracted lots of attention from statisticians, engineers and computer scientists. In this work we study the type of outliers that are not necessarily apparent in the original observation ...
Li, Shijie, She, Yiyuan, Wu, Dapeng
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