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Crosstalk Between Activated Platelets and the Complement System [Elektronisk resurs]

open access: yes, 2010
Several studies have shown that complement and thrombotic events co-exist. Platelets have been suspected to act as the bridge between the two cascade systems.
Hamad, Osama A.,   +3 more
core   +8 more sources

COVID-19 vaccination prevents a more severe course and treatment with complement inhibitors reduce worsening hemolysis during the Omicron pandemic in patients with PNH: a single-center study

open access: yesAnnals of Medicine, 2023
Objective Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) is a rare acquired disease characterized by chronic complement-mediated hemolysis. The concentrated outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China after 6 December 2022, provided an ...
Leyu Wang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

C2 IgM Natural Antibody Enhances Inflammation and Its Use in the Recombinant Single Chain Antibody-Fused Complement Inhibitor C2-Crry to Target Therapeutics to Joints Attenuates Arthritis in Mice

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology, 2020
Natural IgM antibodies (NAbs) have been shown to recognize injury-associated neoepitopes and to initiate pathogenic complement activation. The NAb termed C2 binds to a subset of phospholipids displayed on injured cells, and its role(s) in arthritis, as ...
Nirmal K. Banda   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Borrelia valaisiana resist complement-mediated killing independently of the recruitment of immune regulators and inactivation of complement components [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Spirochetes belonging to the Borrelia (B.) burgdorferi sensu lato complex differ in their resistance to complement-mediated killing, particularly in regard to human serum.
Christine Skerka   +24 more
core   +1 more source

The Role of Complement in Cancer Immunotherapy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
The dual role of complement in both cancer development and treatment has been investigated extensively and is characterized by a substantial literature that documents the conditions in which complement can either enhance tumor growth or promote the ...

core   +1 more source

Biochemical and functional studies of a novel complement inhibitor, CRIT, with its interaction partners [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Complement C2 receptor trispanning (CRIT), a three transmembrane receptor, was first discovered on the surface of the parasite Schistosoma haematobium and formerly termed Schistosoma trispanning orphan receptor (Sh-TOR). This receptor acts as decoy C2-
Hui, Kwok-Min
core   +1 more source

Staphylococcus aureus proteins Sbi and Efb recruit human plasmin to degrade complement C3 and C3b [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Upon host infection, the human pathogenic microbe Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) immediately faces innate immune reactions such as the activated complement system. Here, a novel innate immune evasion strategy of S. aureus is described.
Peter F. Zipfel   +17 more
core   +1 more source

Contribution of the infection-associated complement regulator-acquiring surface protein 4 (ErpC) to complement resistance of Borrelia burgdorferi [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Borrelia burgdorferi evades complement-mediated killing by interacting with complement regulators through distinct complement regulator-acquiring surface proteins (CRASPs).
Teresia Hallström   +14 more
core   +1 more source

Human Neutrophils Respond to Complement Activation and Inhibition in Microfluidic Devices

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology, 2021
Complement activation is key to anti-microbial defenses by directly acting on microbes and indirectly by triggering cellular immune responses. Complement activation may also contribute to the pathogenesis of numerous inflammatory and immunological ...
Sinan Muldur   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Complement factor H-related proteins CFHR2 and CFHR5 represent novel ligands for the infection-associated CRASP proteins of Borrelia burgdorferi [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Background: One virulence property of Borrelia burgdorferi is its resistance to innate immunity, in particular to complement-mediated killing. Serum-resistant B.
Teresia Hallström   +34 more
core   +2 more sources

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