Complement has long been considered a key innate immune effector system that mediates host defence and tissue homeostasis. Yet, growing evidence has illuminated a broader involvement of complement in ...
The complement system protects against infection, positively responds to tissue damage, clears cell debris, directs and modulates the adaptive immune system, and functions in neuronal development, ...
Agents of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) usually enter the body via a peripheral route and replicate in lymphoreticular tissues before moving into the brain. Any impairment of the ...
A recent article posted to the medRxiv* preprint server discussed the role of complement factor H-related protein 5 (CFHR5) in venous thromboembolism (VTE) patients and hospitalized coronavirus ...
AJMC ®: How has treatment of complement-driven diseases changed since 2007, when the first complement inhibitor, eculizumab, was approved? SMITH: The development of eculizumab followed our ...
Complement 3 glomerulopathy (C3G) is a rare kidney disease that affects your body’s innate immune system (complement system). Complement 3 glomerulopathy (C3G) is a kidney disease that’s caused by ...