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Crystal structure of Trichinella spiralis calreticulin and the structural basis of its complement evasion mechanism involving C1q

Frontiers in Immunology
Helminths produce calreticulin (CRT) to immunomodulate the host immune system as a survival strategy. However, the structure of helminth-derived CRT and the structural basis of the immune evasion process remains unclarified. Previous study found that the
Zhihui Jia, Wen Yu, Jingmo Li, Mingming Zhang, Bin Zhan, Liming Yan, Zhenhua Ming, Yuli Cheng, Xiaolin Tian, Shuai Shao, Jingjing Huang, Xinping Zhu   +11 more
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Genome-wide gene expression profiling of stress response in a spinal cord clip compression injury model. [PDF]

, 2013
BackgroundThe aneurysm clip impact-compression model of spinal cord injury (SCI) is a standard injury model in animals that closely mimics the primary mechanism of most human injuries: acute impact and persisting compression.
Boutros, Paul C, Chamankhah, Mahmood, Eftekharpour, Eftekhar, Fehlings, Michael G, Karimi-Abdolrezaee, Soheila, San-Marina, Serban   +5 more
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Complement factors C1q, C3 and C5 in brain and serum of mice with cerebral malaria

Malaria Journal, 2008
Background The patho-mechanisms leading to brain damage due to cerebral malaria (CM) are yet not fully understood. Immune-mediated and ischaemic mechanisms have been implicated.
Helbok Raimund, Broessner Gregor, Burger Christoph, Beer Ronny, Hametner Christian, Lackner Peter, Speth Cornelia, Schmutzhard Erich   +7 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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Complement C1q subcomponent subunit A

, 2012
Complement C1q subcomponent subunit A (C1qA) is one of the three components of C1q molecule. Functional C1q is composed of eighteen polypeptide chains: six C1qA chains, six C1qB chains, and six C1qC chains, which are arranged as six heterotrimers of ABC: (ABC)6.
Chandrasekhar, Anjana, Dinasrapu, Ashok Reddy, Tenner, Andrea J, Subramaniam, Shankar   +3 more
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Conditional deletion of the multiple sclerosis susceptibility gene ATXN1 identifies cell‐autonomous effects in the B‐cell compartment

The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.
Ataxin‐1 is a polyglutamine protein associated with the etiology of spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1) that has been recently found implicated in the risk of developing the autoimmune disorder multiple sclerosis (MS). Here, we took a conditional knockout approach to ablate ataxin‐1 exclusively in the B‐cell compartment and we found that this protein ...
Jonathan Jacob Carver, Rachael Riley Denbrock, Cindy Carolina Martines, Alessandro Didonna   +3 more
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Anti-C1q antibodies as a follow-up marker in SLE patients.

PLoS ONE, 2015
In cross-sectional studies autoantibodies against complement C1q (anti-C1q) were found to be highly associated with active lupus nephritis. The aim of this retrospective study was to determine the value of anti-C1q as follow-up marker of disease activity
Merete Bock, Ingmar Heijnen, Marten Trendelenburg   +2 more
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Huntington's disease: An immune perspective [PDF]

, 2011
Copyright © 2011 Annapurna Nayaketal. This article has been made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund.Huntington's disease (HD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that is caused by abnormal expansion of CAG trinucleotide ...
Ansar, R, Bonifati, DM, Kishore, U, Nayak, A, Verma, SK   +4 more
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C1q binding and complement activation by prions and amyloids

Immunobiology, 2007
C1q binds to many non-self and altered-self-materials. These include microorganisms, immune complexes, apoptotic and necrotic cells and their breakdown products, and amyloids. C1q binding to amyloid fibrils found as extracellular deposits in tissues, and subsequent complement activation are involved in the pathology of several amyloid diseases, such as
Sim, Robert B, Kishore, Uday, Villiers, Christian L, Marche, Patrice N, Mitchell, Daniel A   +4 more
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Activation of the Lectin Pathway Drives Persistent Complement Dysregulation in Long COVID

Immunology, EarlyView.
The complement cascade, a series of blood proteins that assists in the recognition and neutralisation of pathogens, either independently or in conjunction with antibodies, is persistently activated in patients with long COVID. We found that blood plasma samples from patients with long COVID contained elevated concentrations of the mannan‐binding lectin‐
Samuel B. K. Keat, Priyanka Khatri, Youssif M. Ali, Chanuka H. Arachchilage, Gregory Demopulos, Kirsten Baillie, Kelly L. Miners, Kristin Ladell, Samantha A. Jones, Helen E. Davies, David A. Price, Wioleta M. Zelek, B. Paul Morgan, Wilhelm J. Schwaeble, Nicholas J. Lynch   +14 more
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