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The Role of Complement in Tumors

, 2020
The complement system is an essential part of the innate immune system that is responsible for regulating inflammation, facilitating immune defense mechanisms, and maintaining tissue homeostasis.

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Structure‐forward targeting of claudins with synthetic binders

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Claudins form the paracellular barriers between epithelial and endothelial tissues at tight junctions and are targets for molecular binders with the goal of modulating barrier permeability. Claudin‐binding molecules are relevant in drug delivery or in altering claudin interactions with disease‐causing proteins.
Alex J. Vecchio
wiley   +1 more source

Intracellular C3 regulates the immune response to infection via NF-κB signaling

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
Complement factor C3 is one of the most abundant proteins in the bloodstream and a central part of the complement system. Upon activation, C3 facilitates bacterial recognition and clearance in the extracellular environment.
Katarzyna Kuska, Serena Bettoni, Frida Mohlin, Maja Chrobak, Vaishnavi Dandavate, Saleh Moradi, Ben King, Kristian Riesbeck, Anna M. Blom   +8 more
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Rheumatoid Factor, Complement, and Mixed Cryoglobulinemia

Clinical and Developmental Immunology, 2012
Low serum level of complement component 4 (C4) that occurs in mixed cryoglobulinemia (MC) may be due to in vivo or ex vivo activation of complement by the classical pathway.
Peter D. Gorevic
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Peripheral lysosomes recruit PLEKHG3 to focal adhesions and restrain protrusion dynamics

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Proximity‐dependent labeling at the LAMTOR complex revealed the Rho GEF PLEKHG3 as a lysosome‐proximal protein directing the study toward the influence of lysosome positioning on actin dynamics and cell motility. We show that PLEKHG3 colocalizes with lysosomes at focal adhesion sites and observe that forced peripheral dispersion of lysosomes hinders ...
Rainer Ettelt, Ana‐Maria Sandru, Georg Vucak, Sebastian Didusch, Biljana Riemelmoser, Karin Ehrenreiter, Markus Hartl, Lukas A. Huber, Manuela Baccarini   +8 more
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Blockage of CR1 prevents activation of rodent microglia

Neurobiology of Disease, 2013
The importance of the complement system in Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis has been emphasized through recent genome wide association studies. However, the cellular and molecular role of these complement proteins is not fully understood.
Helen Crehan, John Hardy, Jennifer Pocock   +2 more
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Engineering peptides into antibodies—opportunities and strategies for therapeutic innovation

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Peptides and antibodies occupy complementary therapeutic niches. Peptides recognize difficult targets in a compact format, while antibodies add specificity, long half‐life, and effector functions. This review examines strategies that merge both modalities—peptide grafting into loops, terminal and Fc fusions, and bioconjugation—highlighting how ...
Jinling Wang, Ruslana Romaniuk, Hristo L. Svilenov   +2 more
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Identification and functional characterisation of Complement Regulator Acquiring Surface Protein-1 of serum resistant Borrelia garinii OspA serotype 4 [PDF]

, 2010
Background: B. burgdorferi sensu lato (sl) is the etiological agent of Lyme borreliosis in humans. Spirochetes have adapted themselves to the human immune system in many distinct ways.
Peter F. Zipfel, Dam, A.P. van, Schuijt, Tim J., Kraiczy, Peter, Nathalie D. van Burgel, Nathalie D. van Burgel, van Dam, Alje P., van Burgel Nathalie D, Burgel, N.D. van, Burgel, Nathalie D. van, Schuijt Tim J, Tim J. Schuijt, Kraiczy Peter, Schuijt, T.J., van Dam Alje P, Zipfel Peter F, Kraiczy, P., Zipfel, Peter F., Alje P. van Dam, Peter Kraiczy, Zipfel, P.F., Dam, Alje P. van, van Burgel, Nathalie D.   +22 more
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Editorial: Structural immunology of molecular innate immunity

Frontiers in Immunology, 2023
Jun Hyuck Lee, Qian Yin, Hyun Ho Park
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Receptors for Complement on Langerhans Cells

Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 1980
A population of guinea pig epidermal cells, identified as Langerhans cells, formed rosettes with sheep erythrocytes coated with IgM immunoglobulin and C3b (EAC1-3b) but not with intermediates carrying only C1, C14b, or C14b2a. These findings were unusual since most other cells expressing C3b receptors also express C4b receptors.
Burke, Karen, Gigli, Irma
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