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Interference of the Zika Virus E-Protein With the Membrane Attack Complex of the Complement System

Frontiers in Immunology, 2020
The complement system has developed different strategies to clear infections by several effector mechanisms, such as opsonization, which supports phagocytosis, attracting immune cells by C3 and C5 cleavage products, or direct killing of pathogens by the ...
Zahra Malekshahi, Britta Schiela, Sarah Bernklau, Zoltan Banki, Reinhard Würzner, Heribert Stoiber   +5 more
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Paths reunited: initiation of the classical and lectin pathways of complement activation [PDF]

, 2010
Understanding the structural organisation and mode of action of the initiating complex of the classical pathway of complement activation (C1) has been a central goal in complement biology since its isolation almost 50 years ago.
Keeble, Anthony H., Mitchell, Daniel A., Schmid, Ralf, Schwaeble, Wilhelm J., Wallis, Russell   +4 more
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Revealing the structure of land plant photosystem II: the journey from negative‐stain EM to cryo‐EM

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Advances in cryo‐EM have revealed the detailed structure of Photosystem II, a key protein complex driving photosynthesis. This review traces the journey from early low‐resolution images to high‐resolution models, highlighting how these discoveries deepen our understanding of light harvesting and energy conversion in plants.
Roman Kouřil
wiley   +1 more source

The Complement System: A Prey of Trypanosoma cruzi

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017
Trypanosoma cruzi is a protozoan parasite known to cause Chagas disease (CD), a neglected sickness that affects around 6–8 million people worldwide. Originally, CD was mainly found in Latin America but more recently, it has been spread to countries in ...
Kárita C. F. Lidani, Iara J. de Messias-Reason, Lorena Bavia, Altair R. Ambrosio   +3 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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Equine recurrent uveitis - A spontaneous horse model of uveitis [PDF]

, 2008
Equine recurrent uveitis (ERU) is an autoimmune disease that occurs with a high prevalence (10%) in horses. ERU represents the only reliable spontaneous model for human autoimmune uveitis.
Altmann, Frank, Amann, Barbara, Deeg, Cornelia A., Hauck, Stefanie M., Pompetzki, Dirk, Raith, Albert, Schmalzl, Thomas, Stangassinger, Manfred, Ueffing, Marius   +8 more
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RAD50 missense variants differentially affect the DNA damage response and mitotic progression

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
RAD50 incorporates into the MRN complex and initiates the DNA damage response. Furthermore, RAD50 promotes mitotic progression. RAD50 missense variants capable of forming an MRN complex supported the DNA damage response and mitotic features to different extents in complementation experiments, indicating these functions are separable and might impact ...
Hanna Redeker, Swantje Kebel, Lea Völkening, Anna Vatselia, Louisa Weinhold, Girmay Asgedom, Axel Schambach, Detlev Schindler, Thilo Dörk, Kristine Bousset   +9 more
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Complement System in the Pathogenesis of Benign Lymphoepithelial Lesions of the Lacrimal Gland. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
We aimed to examine the potential involvement of local complement system gene expression in the pathogenesis of benign lymphoepithelial lesions (BLEL) of the lacrimal gland.We collected data from 9 consecutive pathologically confirmed patients with BLEL ...
Jing Li, Xin Ge, Xiaona Wang, Xiao Liu, Jianmin Ma   +4 more
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Porphyromonas gingivalis periodontal infection and its putative links with Alzheimer’s disease [PDF]

, 2015
Periodontal disease (PD) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are inflammatory conditions affecting the global adult population. In the pathogenesis of PD, subgingival complex bacterial biofilm induces inflammation that leads to connective tissue degradation and
Crean, Stjohn, Harding, Alice, Kesavalu, Lakshmyya, Poole, Sophie, Singhrao, Simarjit Kaur   +4 more
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Linked dimers of the AAA+ ATPase Msp1 reveal energetic demands and mechanistic plasticity for substrate extraction from lipid bilayers

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Cells must clear mislocalized or faulty proteins from membranes to survive. The AAA+ ATPase Msp1 performs this task, but dissecting how its six subunits work together is challenging. We engineered linked dimers with varied numbers of functional subunits to reveal how Msp1 subunits cooperate and use energy to extract proteins from the lipid bilayer ...
Deepika Gaur, Brian Acquaviva, Baylee A. Smith, Nathan Walker, Isabella Walter, Matthew L. Wohlever   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source