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Crosstalk Between Activated Platelets and the Complement System [Elektronisk resurs]
, 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
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The Complement System in Kidney Transplantation
Cells, 2023 Kidney transplantation is the therapy of choice for patients who suffer from end-stage renal diseases. Despite improvements in surgical techniques and immunosuppressive treatments, long-term graft survival remains a challenge.
Donata Santarsiero, Sistiana Aiello
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Current Biology, 1998 Work in the authors' laboratories is supported by grants from the Arthritis and Rheumatism Council and the Wellcome Trust.
Taylor, Philip +2 more
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Antimicrobial Peptide Arenicin-1 Derivative Ar-1-(C/A) as Complement System Modulator
Marine Drugs, 2020 Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are not only cytotoxic towards host pathogens or cancer cells but also are able to act as immunomodulators. It was shown that some human and non-human AMPs can interact with complement proteins and thereby modulate ...
Ilia A. Krenev +11 more
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Proprotein Convertases and the Complement System
Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 Proteins destined for secretion - after removal of the signal sequence - often undergo further proteolytic processing by proprotein convertases (PCs).
József Dobó +3 more
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Cell and Tissue Research, 2010 The complement system consists of a tightly regulated network of proteins that play an important role in host defense and inflammation. Complement activation results in opsonization of pathogens and their removal by phagocytes, as well as cell lysis.
Sarma, J. Vidya, Ward, Peter A.
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The Defensive Interactions of Prominent Infectious Protozoan Parasites: The Host’s Complement System
Biomolecules, 2022 The complement system exerts crucial functions both in innate immune responses and adaptive humoral immunity. This pivotal system plays a major role dealing with pathogen invasions including protozoan parasites.
Sajad Rashidi +5 more
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The Role of Complement in Cancer Immunotherapy [PDF]
, 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 ...
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Complement activation and protein adsorption by carbon nanotubes [PDF]
, 2006 As a first step to validate the use of carbon nanotubes as novel vaccine or drug delivery devices, their interaction with a part of the human immune system, complement, has been explored.
Flahaut, Emmanuel +6 more
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The complement system and autoimmune diseases
Chronic Diseases and Translational Medicine, 2022 The complement system plays a key role in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases, which usually injures the kidney. More and more studies have shown the pathogenic role and indicated that abnormal activation of the complement system was highly involved ...
Changhao Jia, Ying Tan, Minghui Zhao
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