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Inflammatory and Immunological Basis of Periodontal Diseases

Journal of Periodontal Research, EarlyView.
The periodontal lesion emerges as an evolving immunological battlefield, where host–microbiome interactions, dysregulated immune responses, fragile resolution mechanisms, and inflammophilic dysbiosis converge to shift the balance from homeostasis to unrestrained tissue destruction.
Giacomo Baima, Marion Arce, Mario Romandini, Thomas Van Dyke   +3 more
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Functional Analysis of Variants in Complement Factor I Identified in Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome

Frontiers in Immunology, 2022
Complement factor I (FI) is a central inhibitor of the complement system, and impaired FI function increases complement activation, contributing to diseases such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS ...
Sarah de Jong, Anita de Breuk, Bjorn Bakker, Suresh Katti, Carel B. Hoyng, Sara C. Nilsson, Anna M. Blom, Lambert P. van den Heuvel, Lambert P. van den Heuvel, Lambert P. van den Heuvel, Anneke I. den Hollander, Anneke I. den Hollander, Elena B. Volokhina, Elena B. Volokhina, Elena B. Volokhina   +14 more
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Retraction Note: The structure of complement C3b provides insights into complement activation and regulation [PDF]

Nature, 2016
This Letter is retracted by Nature. This follows an investigation by the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama, USA, of structures deposited into the Protein Data Bank under accession 2HR0 by H. M. Krishna Murthy. Co-authors who agree with the Retraction.
A. Abdul Ajees, K. Gunasekaran, John E. Volanakis, Sthanam. V. L. Narayana, Girish J. Kotwal, H. M. Krishna Murthy   +5 more
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Autoimmunity and Periodontitis

Journal of Periodontal Research, EarlyView.
In a microbe‐driven inflammatory environment, peptidyl‐arginine deiminase (PAD) enzymes from neutrophils and Porphyromonas gingivalis citrullinate both microbial and self‐antigens. B cell presentation of citrullinated or self‐mimicking epitopes activates T cells that assist B cells in antibody isotype switching, affinity maturation, epitope spreading ...
Massimo Costalonga, Vivek Thumbigere‐Math, Mark C. Herzberg   +2 more
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The Staphylococcus aureus protein Sbi acts as a complement inhibitor and forms a tripartite complex with host complement Factor H and C3b.

PLoS Pathogens, 2008
The Gram-positive bacterium Staphylococcus aureus, similar to other pathogens, binds human complement regulators Factor H and Factor H related protein 1 (FHR-1) from human serum.
Katrin Haupt, Michael Reuter, Jean van den Elsen, Julia Burman, Steffi Hälbich, Julia Richter, Christine Skerka, Peter F Zipfel   +7 more
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Classical and alternate complement factor overexpression in non-obese weight matched women with polycystic ovary syndrome does not correlate with vitamin D

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022
IntroductionWomen with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) exhibit complement factor expression changes that may be obesity-driven rather than an intrinsic facet of PCOS; furthermore, complement changes have been associated with vitamin D deficiency, a ...
Abu Saleh Md Moin, Thozhukat Sathyapalan, Alexandra E. Butler, Stephen L. Atkin   +3 more
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Young Adult Microglial Deletion of C1q Reduces Engulfment of Synapses and Partially Mitigates Cognitive Impairment in an Aggressive Alzheimer's Disease Mouse Model

Glia, Volume 74, Issue 9, September 2026.
Young adult deletion of microglial C1q reduced engulfment of Vglut1+ synapses and mitigated spatial cognitive deficits at 10 months of age in the amyloidopathy Arctic mouse model of AD. Neither fibrillar amyloid plaques nor soluble or insoluble Aβ levels in the hippocampus were affected by young adult microglial loss of C1q despite reduced phagocytosis
Tiffany J. Petrisko, Shu‐Hui Chu, Angela Gomez‐Arboledas, Blossom Zhang, Andrea J. Tenner   +4 more
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The Murine Factor H-Related Protein FHR-B Promotes Complement Activation

Frontiers in Immunology, 2017
Factor H-related (FHR) proteins consist of varying number of complement control protein domains that display various degrees of sequence identity to respective domains of the alternative pathway complement inhibitor factor H (FH). While such FHR proteins
Marcell Cserhalmi, Ádám I. Csincsi, Zoltán Mezei, Anne Kopp, Mario Hebecker, Barbara Uzonyi, Mihály Józsi   +6 more
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Human factor H-related protein 2 (CFHR2) regulates complement activation. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Mutations and deletions within the human CFHR gene cluster on chromosome 1 are associated with diseases, such as dense deposit disease, CFHR nephropathy or age-related macular degeneration. Resulting mutant CFHR proteins can affect complement regulation.
Hannes U Eberhardt, Denise Buhlmann, Peter Hortschansky, Qian Chen, Sascha Böhm, Markus J Kemper, Reinhard Wallich, Andrea Hartmann, Teresia Hallström, Peter F Zipfel, Christine Skerka   +10 more
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CipA mediates complement resistance of Acinetobacter baumannii by formation of a factor I-dependent quadripartite assemblage

Frontiers in Immunology, 2022
Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii is known to be one of the leading pathogens that cause severe nosocomial infections. To overcome eradication by the innate immune system during infection, A.
Julia I. Ries, Marie Heß, Noura Nouri, Thomas A. Wichelhaus, Stephan Göttig, Franco H. Falcone, Peter Kraiczy   +6 more
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