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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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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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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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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COMPLEMENT-MEDIATED ADIPOCYTE LYSIS BY NEPHRITIC FACTOR SERA [PDF]
, 1993 Recent data indicate a previously unsuspected link between the complement system and adipocyte biology. Murine adipocytes produce key components of the alternative pathway of complement and are able to activate this pathway.
Lachmann, PJ +10 more
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Complement System in Alzheimer’s Disease [PDF]
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 Alzheimer’s disease is a type of dementia characterized by problems with short-term memory, cognition, and difficulties with activities of daily living. It is a progressive, neurodegenerative disorder. The complement system is an ancient part of the innate immune system and comprises of more than thirty serum and membrane-bound proteins.
Akash Shah +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 +20 more
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Quantitative multiplex profiling of the complement system to diagnose complement‐mediated diseases
Clinical & Translational Immunology, 2020 Objectives Complement deficiencies are difficult to diagnose because of the variability of symptoms and the complexity of the diagnostic process. Here, we applied a novel ‘complementomics’ approach to study the impact of various complement deficiencies ...
Esther Willems +23 more
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