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Factor H family proteins and human diseases [PDF]

, 2008
Complement is a major defense system of innate immunity and aimed to destroy microbes. One of the central complement regulators is factor H, which belongs to a protein family that includes CFHL1 and five factor H-related (CFHR) proteins.
Peter F. Zipfel, Józsi, Mihály, Zipfel, P. F., Mihály Józsi   +3 more
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Complement-Independent Modulation of Influenza A Virus Infection by Factor H

Frontiers in Immunology, 2020
The complement system is an ancient innate immune defense mechanism that can recognize molecular patterns on the invading pathogens. Factor H, as an inhibitor of the alternative pathway, down-regulates complement activation on the host cell surface ...
Valarmathy Murugaiah, Praveen M. Varghese, Praveen M. Varghese, Soad M. Saleh, Anthony G. Tsolaki, Salman H. Alrokayan, Haseeb A. Khan, Kate S. Collison, Robert B. Sim, Béatrice Nal, Futwan A. Al-Mohanna, Uday Kishore   +11 more
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Liver organoids: modelling complexity in homeostasis and disease

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Studying liver in vitro has been challenging because simple 2D cell cultures fail to capture liver's cellular and architectural complexity. To bridge this gap, scientists increasingly use organoids, 3D liver models which better mimic liver composition and function. This review examines recent advances in liver organoid complexity and realism, discusses
Anna M. Dowbaj, Meritxell Huch
wiley   +1 more source

Identification of autophosphorylation sites in eukaryotic elongation factor-2 kinase [PDF]

, 2012
eEF2K [eEF2 (eukaryotic elongation factor 2) kinase] phosphorylates and inactivates the translation elongation factor eEF2. eEF2K is not a member of the main eukaryotic protein kinase superfamily, but instead belongs to a small group of so-called ...
Hussain, Nusrat, Proud, Christopher G, Proud, C., Wang, Xuemin, Rider, M., Rider, Mark H, Pyr Dit Ruys, S., Vertommen, D., Rider, Mark, Pyr Dit Ruys, Sébastien, Herinckx, Gaëtan, Vertommen, Didier, Herinckx, G., Smith, Ewan M, Wang, X., Smith, E., Hussain, N.   +16 more
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The Staphylococcus aureus protein Sbi acts as a complement inhibitor and forms a tripartite complex with host complement Factor H and C3b.

PLoS Pathogens, 2008
The Gram-positive bacterium Staphylococcus aureus, similar to other pathogens, binds human complement regulators Factor H and Factor H related protein 1 (FHR-1) from human serum.
Katrin Haupt, Michael Reuter, Jean van den Elsen, Julia Burman, Steffi Hälbich, Julia Richter, Christine Skerka, Peter F Zipfel   +7 more
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Decoding the Factor H‐Related Proteins: Gatekeepers of Complement Dysregulation in AMD

European Journal of Immunology
ABSTRACT Age‐related macular degeneration (AMD) is the third most common form of blindness in the Western world, with a predicted 288 million individuals affected worldwide by the year 2040. Both genetic and biochemical evidence point toward complement overactivation, through a diminished regulatory capacity, at the back of the eye ...
Tang, Jiaqi, Zgoda, Nathalie, Clark, Simon J; id_orcid 0000-0001-8394-8355   +2 more
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The microbiome in human skin aging

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Age‐related skin changes encompass the well‐known visible phenotypic alterations, together with microbiome dysbiosis and a series of molecular aging hallmarks. These hallmarks characterize not only a fully stablished aged phenotype but also the skin aging process itself.
Manuel Huerta Arana, Cornelia Wiegand, Omid Omrani, Mario Fabri   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Computational identification of phospho-tyrosine sub-networks related to acanthocyte generation in neuroacanthocytosis [PDF]

, 2012
Acanthocytes, abnormal thorny red blood cells (RBC), are one of the biological hallmarks of neuroacanthocytosis syndromes (NA), a group of rare hereditary neurodegenerative disorders.
Pantaleo, Antonella, Angela Siciliano, Jung, Hans H., Pantaleo A., Ruth H. Walker (184548), Dotti Maria Teresa, Bader B., Sara Mazzucco, Lucia De Franceschi (184533), Dotti, Maria Teresa, Tomelleri Carlo, Bader, B, Hans H. Jung (184555), Walker R. H., Mazzucco, Sara, Walker, R H, Scardoni, G, Danek, A, Carlo Tomelleri, Giovanni Scardoni, Sara Mazzucco (184565), Scardoni G, Bader Benedikt, Dotti, M T, Siciliano, Angela, Danek, Adrian, Tomelleri C, Lucia De Franceschi, Giovanni Scardoni (184538), Adrian Danek, Antonella Pantaleo (184574), Pantaleo, A, Pantaleo Antonella, Laudanna Carlo, Jung H. H., Benedikt Bader, Adrian Danek (4947), De Franceschi Lucia, Scardoni G., Siciliano A, Antonella Pantaleo, Danek Adrian, Tomelleri, Carlo, Hans H Jung, Jung, H H, Carlo Laudanna (184575), Laudanna C., Benedikt Bader (184560), Jung Hans H., DOTTI, MARIA, De Franceschi L, Jung HH, Tomelleri, C, Walker RH, De Franceschi, L, Pantaleo A, Laudanna, Carlo, Danek A, Carlo Laudanna, Siciliano, A, De Franceschi, Lucia, Maria Teresa Dotti (184569), Walker Ruth H., Scardoni, Giovanni, Ruth H Walker, Maria Teresa Dotti, Mazzucco Sara, Bader B, Scardoni Giovanni, Mazzucco, S, Dotti M. T., Laudanna, C, Angela Siciliano (184571), Siciliano Angela, Carlo Tomelleri (184542), Walker, Ruth H., Bader, Benedikt, Mazzucco S, Danek A.   +78 more
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Autophagy and mitophagy in pancreatic β‐cell homeostasis and their involvement in diabetes pathophysiology

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This review focuses on the role of autophagy and mitophagy in maintaining pancreatic β‐cell function and homeostasis. We discuss how genetic defects affecting these pathways contribute to the development of type 1, type 2, monogenic, and gestational diabetes. We further explore their potential as therapeutic targets. Created in BioRender.
Yunkyeong Lee, Mingming Tong, Anna L. Gloyn   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chemical Chaperones Improve Protein Secretion and Rescue Mutant Factor VIII in Mice with Hemophilia A. [PDF]

, 2012
nefficient intracellular protein trafficking is a critical issue in the pathogenesis of a variety of diseases and in recombinant protein production.
Tonn, Torsten, Milanov, Peter, Schüttrumpf, Jörg, Seifried, Erhard, Patricia Quade-Lyssy, Quade-Lyssy, Patricia, Jörg Schüttrumpf, Roth, Stefanie D., Simpson, Jeremy C., Christopher Ungerer, Erhard Seifried, Abriss, Daniela, Pepperkok, Rainer, Rainer Pepperkok, Stefanie D Roth, Jeremy C Simpson, Torsten Tonn, Ungerer, Christopher, Peter Milanov, Daniela Abriss, Ungerer Christopher, Seifried Erhard, Abriss Daniela, Simpson Jeremy C., Quade-Lyssy Patricia, Milanov Peter, Schüttrumpf Jörg, Roth Stefanie D., Pepperkok Rainer, Tonn Torsten   +29 more
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