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Regulating complement in the kidney: insights from CFHR5 nephropathy

Disease Models & Mechanisms, 2011
Complement factor H related protein 5 (CFHR5) nephropathy is a monogenic disorder of complement regulation that is endemic in Cyprus. The disease is characterised by haematuria, C3 glomerulonephritis and kidney failure. Its identification suggests a role
Daniel P. Gale, Matthew C. Pickering
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Changes in Expression of Complement Components in the Ovine Spleen during Early Pregnancy

Animals, 2021
During early gestation in humans, complement regulation is essential for normal fetal growth. It is supposed that a complement pathway participates in maternal splenic immune regulation at the early stage of gestation in ewes.
Ling Yang, Luyu Wang, Jiaxuan Wu, Haichao Wang, Gengxin Yang, Leying Zhang   +5 more
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A hierarchical role for classical pathway complement proteins in the clearance of apoptotic cells in vivo [PDF]

, 2000
The strongest susceptibility genes for the development of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in humans are null mutants of classical pathway complement proteins. There is a hierarchy of disease susceptibility and severity according to the position of the
H. Terence Cook, Savill, John, Henson, Peter M, Cook, HT, Valerie A. Fadok, Taylor, P.R, Henson, PM, Mark J. Walport, Savill, JS, Walport, MJ, Philip R. Taylor, John S. Savill, Michael C. Carroll, Botto, M, Andrews, Mark, Taylor, PR, Fadok, Valerie A, Anna Carugati, Carroll, Michael C, Walport, Mark J, Carroll, MC, Marina Botto, Carugati, A, Peter M. Henson, Andrews, M, Mark Andrews, Botto, Marina, Fadok, VA, Carugati, Anna, Cook, H. Terence   +29 more
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Structural Basis for Properdin Oligomerization and Convertase Stimulation in the Human Complement System

Frontiers in Immunology, 2019
Properdin (FP) is a positive regulator of the immune system stimulating the activity of the proteolytically active C3 convertase C3bBb in the alternative pathway of the complement system. Here we present two crystal structures of FP and two structures of
Dennis V. Pedersen, Trine A. F. Gadeberg, Caroline Thomas, Yong Wang, Nicolas Joram, Rasmus K. Jensen, Sofia M. M. Mazarakis, Margot Revel, Carine El Sissy, Steen V. Petersen, Kresten Lindorff-Larsen, Steffen Thiel, Nick S. Laursen, Véronique Fremeaux-Bacchi, Gregers R. Andersen   +14 more
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Exposure to the complement C5b-9 complex sensitizes 661W photoreceptor cells to both apoptosis and necroptosis. [PDF]

, 2015
The loss of photoreceptors is the defining characteristic of many retinal degenerative diseases, but the mechanisms that regulate photoreceptor cell death are not fully understood.
Dimitrios Stampoulis, M. Francesca Cordeiro, Williams, JA, Jennifer A. E. Williams, Stampoulis, D, Li Guo, Shi, H, Guo, L, Moss, SE, Francesca Cordeiro, M, Stephen E. Moss, Hui Shi   +11 more
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Quantitative Modeling of the Alternative Pathway of the Complement System. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
The complement system is an integral part of innate immunity that detects and eliminates invading pathogens through a cascade of reactions. The destructive effects of the complement activation on host cells are inhibited through versatile regulators that
Nehemiah Zewde, Ronald D Gorham, Angel Dorado, Dimitrios Morikis   +3 more
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Structural modelling of human complement FHR1 and two of its synthetic derivatives provides insight into their in-vivo functions

Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 2023
Human complement is the first line of defence against invading pathogens and is involved in tissue homeostasis. Complement-targeted therapies to treat several diseases caused by a dysregulated complement are highly desirable.
Natalia Ruiz-Molina, Juliana Parsons, Eva L. Decker, Ralf Reski   +3 more
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Lymphocyte integration of complement cues [PDF]

, 2018
We address current data, views and puzzles on the emerging topic of regulation of lymphocytes by complement proteins or fragments. Such regulation is believed to take place through complement receptors (CR) and membrane complement regulators (CReg ...
Regueiro González-Barros, José Ramón, Marín Marín, Ana Victoria, Cárdenas Mastrascusa, Paula Patricia, Jiménez Reinoso, Anaïs, Muñoz Ruiz, Miguel, Paula P. Cárdenas, Jose R. Regueiro, Anaïs Jiménez-Reinoso, Miguel Muñoz-Ruiz, Ana V. Marin   +9 more
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EGFR modulates complement activation in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

BMC Cancer, 2020
Background The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is pivotal for growth of epithelial cells and is overexpressed in several epithelial cancers like head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC).
Anas H. A. Abu-Humaidan, Lars Ekblad, Johan Wennerberg, Ole E. Sørensen   +3 more
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Structural basis for complement factor H-linked age-related macular degeneration [PDF]

, 2007
Nearly 50 million people worldwide suffer from age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which causes severe loss of central vision. A single-nucleotide polymorphism in the gene for the complement regulator factor H (FH), which causes a Tyr-to-His ...
Pietro Roversi, Robert B. Sim, Susan M. Lea, Jowitt, Thomas A., Beverly E. Prosser, Prosser, Beverly E., Day, Anthony J., Herbert, AP, Dušan Uhrín, Sim, Robert B., Uhrin, Dusan, Johnson, S, Steven Johnson, Blaum, Barbel S., Barlow, Paul N., Barlow, PN, Sim, RB, Simon J. Clark, Johnson, Steven, Thomas A. Jowitt, Jowitt, Thomas A.; id_orcid, Edward Tarelli, Jess Tyrrell, Lea, Susan M., Tyrrell, J, Blaum, BS, Herbert, Andrew P., Clark, Simon J., Tyrrell, Jess, Day, Anthony J.; id_orcid, Lea, Susan, Tarelli, E, Clark, SJ, Paul N. Barlow, Bärbel S. Blaum, Clark, Simon; id_orcid, Tarelli, Edward, Prosser, BE, Jowitt, TA, Day, AJ, Andrew P. Herbert, Roversi, Pietro, Anthony J. Day, Barlow P. N., Jowitt T. A., Herbert A. P., Johnson S., Tarelli E., Sim R. B., Uhrin D., Prosser B. E., Roversi P., Tyrrell J., Day A. J., Lea S. M., Blaum B. S., Clark S. J., Uhrín, D   +57 more
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