The carbohydrate-linked phosphorylcholine of the parasitic nematode product ES-62 modulates complement activation [PDF]
Parasitic nematodes manufacture various carbohydratelinked phosphorylcholine (PCh)-containing molecules, including ES-62, a protein with an N-linked glycan terminally substituted with PCh.
Ahmed, Umul Kulthum+5 more
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Ficolin B in Diabetic Kidney Disease in a Mouse Model of Type 1 Diabetes
Background. The innate immune system may have adverse effects in diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The complement system seems to play a key role through erroneous complement activation via hyperglycaemia-induced neoepitopes.
Charlotte Berg Holt+6 more
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Expression of H-ficolin/Hakata antigen, mannose-binding lectin-associated serine protease (MASP)-1 and MASP-3 by human glioma cell line T98G [PDF]
Mikio Kuraya
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Background To determine the serum levels of the lectin pathway proteins early in the disease course and 17 years after disease onset and to correlate the protein levels to markers of disease activity in participants from a population-based Nordic ...
Mia Glerup+13 more
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Activation of the Lectin Complement Pathway by H-Ficolin (Hakata Antigen) [PDF]
Misao Matsushita+5 more
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Interferon functional analog activates antiviral Jak/Stat signaling through integrin in an arthropod
Summary: Drosophila Vago is a small antiviral peptide. Its ortholog in Culex mosquito was found to be an interferon-like cytokine that limits virus replication through activating Jak/Stat signaling.
Jie Gao+5 more
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No strong relationship between mannan binding lectin or plasma ficolins and chemotherapy-related infections [PDF]
David C. Kilpatrick+13 more
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L-Ficolin Specifically Binds to Lipoteichoic Acid, a Cell Wall Constituent of Gram-Positive Bacteria, and Activates the Lectin Pathway of Complement [PDF]
Nicholas J. Lynch+8 more
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Human Mannose-binding Lectin and l-Ficolin Function as Specific Pattern Recognition Proteins in the Lectin Activation Pathway of Complement [PDF]
Young Gerl+6 more
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Lectin-complement pathway molecules are decreased in patients with cirrhosis and constitute the risk of bacterial infections [PDF]
Antal-Szalmás, Péter+8 more
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