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Active Human Complement Reduces the Zika Virus Load via Formation of the Membrane-Attack Complex

Frontiers in Immunology, 2018
Although neglected in the past, the interest on Zika virus (ZIKV) raised dramatically in the last several years. The rapid spread of the virus in Latin America and the association of the infection with microcephaly in newborns or Guillain-Barré Syndrome ...
Britta Schiela, Sarah Bernklau, Zahra Malekshahi, Daniela Deutschmann, Iris Koske, Zoltan Banki, Nicole M. Thielens, Reinhard Würzner, Cornelia Speth, Guenter Weiss, Karin Stiasny, Eike Steinmann, Heribert Stoiber   +12 more
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Spirochetal Lipoproteins and Immune Evasion. [PDF]

, 2017
Spirochetes are a major threat to public health. However, the exact pathogenesis of spirochetal diseases remains unclear. Spirochetes express lipoproteins that often determine the cross talk between the host and spirochetes.
Boyadjian, Ani, Christodoulides, Alexei, Kelesidis, Theodoros   +2 more
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Innate immunity and neuroinflammation [PDF]

, 2013
Copyright © 2013 Abhishek Shastri et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly ...
Bonifati, DM, Kishore, U, Shastri, A
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Proteomic analysis of skin invasion by blood fluke larvae. [PDF]

, 2008
BackgroundDuring invasion of human skin by schistosome blood fluke larvae (cercariae), a multicellular organism breaches the epidermis, basement membrane, and dermal barriers of skin.
Braschi, Simon, Debnath, Moumita, Hansell, Elizabeth, Ingram, Jessica, Lim, KC, McKerrow, James H, Medzihradszky, Katalin F, Sajid, Mohammed   +7 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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Heterogeneous MAC Initiator and Pore Structures in a Lipid Bilayer by Phase-Plate Cryo-electron Tomography

Cell Reports, 2016
Pore formation in membranes is important for mammalian immune defense against invading bacteria. Induced by complement activation, the membrane attack complex (MAC) forms through sequential binding and membrane insertion of C5b6, C7, C8, and C9.
Thomas H. Sharp, Abraham J. Koster, Piet Gros   +2 more
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Temporal lobe epilepsy with GAD antibodies: neurons killed by T cells not by complement membrane attack complex. [PDF]

Brain, 2023
Tröscher AR, Mair KM, Verdú de Juan L, Köck U, Steinmaurer A, Baier H, Becker A, Blümcke I, Finzel M, Geis C, Höftberger R, Mawrin C, von Oertzen TJ, Pitsch J, Surges R, Voges B, Weis S, Winklehner M, Woermann F, Bauer J, Bien CG.   +20 more
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Complement system in dermatological diseases – fire under the skin

Frontiers in Medicine, 2015
The complement system plays a key role in several dermatological diseases. Overactivation, deficiency or abnormality of the control proteins are often related to a skin disease.
Jaana Helena Panelius, Jaana Helena Panelius, Seppo Kalevi Meri, Seppo Kalevi Meri, Seppo Kalevi Meri   +4 more
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Complement membrane attack complex is an immunometabolic regulator of NLRP3 activation and IL-18 secretion in human macrophages. [PDF]

Front Immunol, 2022
Jimenez-Duran G, Kozole J, Peltier-Heap R, Dickinson ER, Kwiatkowski CR, Zappacosta F, Annan RS, Galwey NW, Nichols EM, Modis LK, Triantafilou M, Triantafilou K, Booty LM.   +12 more
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The inflammatory process of gout and its treatment. [PDF]

, 2006
Gouty arthritis is a characteristically intense acute inflammatory reaction that erupts in response to articular deposits of monosodium urate (MSU) crystals.
Cronstein, Bruce N, Terkeltaub, Robert
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