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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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Opsonization of four Bacteroides species: role of the classical complement pathway and immunoglobulin.

Infection and Immunity, 1980
Previous investigators have suggested that opsonization of two Bacteroides species is mediated exclusively by the alternative complement pathway and requires immunoglobulins.
R. Tofte, Phillip K. Peterson, David Schmeling, James W. Bracke, Youngki Kim, P. G. Quie   +5 more
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Global Transcriptomic Profiling of Bovine Endometrial Immune Response In Vitro. II. Effect of Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus on the Endometrial Response to Lipopolysaccharide [PDF]

, 2015
Infection with noncytopathic bovine viral diarrhea virus (ncpBVDV) is associated with uterine disease and infertility. This study investigated the influence of ncpBVDV on immune functions of the bovine endometrium by testing the response to bacterial ...
Abudureyimu, A, Anstaett, O L, Brownlie, J, Cheng, Z R, Fouladi-Nashta, A A, Oguejiofor, C F, Wathes, D C   +6 more
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Gut microbial dysbiosis activates the classical complement pathway in a short-term morphine treatment model

Gut Microbes Reports
Antibodies play an essential role in preserving intestinal homeostasis in healthy and dysbiotic states. Recent studies demonstrate that a microbiome-dependent intestine-specific complement system maintains intestinal homeostasis.
Nicolas Vitari, Richa Jalodia, Junyi Tao, Udhghatri Kolli, Salma Singh, Lily V. Rodriguez, Umakant Sharma, Sabita Roy   +7 more
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Review of presentations at the 6th European Lupus Meeting 3-5 March 2005. [PDF]

, 2005
The 6th European Lupus Meeting was held at the Royal College of Physicians of London and was attended by 450 delegates. The conference brought together leading speakers from Europe and North America who reviewed current knowledge and exciting new ...
Bowman, SJ, Giles, IP, Ioannou, Y, Rahman, A   +3 more
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Influenza A virus M1 blocks the classical complement pathway through interacting with C1qA.

Journal of General Virology, 2009
The matrix (M1) protein of influenza A virus is a conserved multifunctional protein that plays essential roles in regulating the viral life cycle. This study demonstrated that M1 is able to interact with complement C1qA and plays an important inhibitory ...
Junjie Zhang, Gang Li, Xiaoling Liu, Zengfu Wang, Wenjun Liu, X. Ye   +5 more
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Hipocomplementemia en pacientes con enfermedad de Hodgkin Hypocomplementaemia in patients with Hodgkin disease

Revista Cubana de Hematología, Inmunología y Hemoterapia, 2003
The haemolytic activity of the classical and alternative pathways, of factors B and D, as well as of the levels of C1q, C3 and C4 was determined in the serum of 24 adult patients with Hodgkin disease at different clinical stages.
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The Complement System of Agnathans

Frontiers in Immunology, 2018
Agnathans (lamprey and hagfish) are a group of primitive jawless fish. Jawed vertebrates possess adaptive immunity including immunoglobulins, while agnathans lack immunoglobulins but have alternative adaptive immunity in which variable lymphocyte ...
Misao Matsushita
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Complement C3 serum levels in anorexia nervosa: a potential biomarker for the severity of disease? [PDF]

, 2011
BackgroundAnorexia nervosa carries the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric disorder. Even the most critically ill anorexic patients may present with normal 'standard' laboratory values, underscoring the need for a new sensitive biomarker.
Flierl, Michael A, Gaudiani, Jennifer L, Long, Carlin S, Mehler, Philip S, Sabel, Allison L, Stahel, Philip F   +5 more
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Urine Complement Proteins and the Risk of Kidney Disease Progression and Mortality in Type 2 Diabetes. [PDF]

, 2018
ObjectiveWe examined the association of urine complement proteins with progression to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) or death in people with type 2 diabetes and proteinuric diabetic kidney disease (DKD).Research design and methodsUsing targeted mass ...
Afkarian, Maryam, Babenko, Ilona, Durbin-Johnson, Blythe, Mehrotra, Rajnish, Rocke, David M, Vaisar, Tomas, Whitlock, Kathryn   +6 more
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