Alternative Pathway of Complement
Cigarette smoke can activate the alternative pathway of complement in vitro by modifying the third component of complement
... classical pathway) results in consumption of hemolytic complement by activation of the alternative ...the complement regulatory proteins Factors H and ...
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Structural studies of factor B of the alternative pathway of the complement system
... the alternative pathway of complement activation, much attention is being focused on structure-based drug design of novel small molecule inhibitors to factor D (Cole et ...
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Dengue Virus Induces Increased Activity of the Complement Alternative Pathway in Infected Cells
... the complement alternative pathway (AP) in patient ...of complement component C3b on the surface of DENV- infected ...higher complement activity in the local cellular microenvironment, ...
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Case report: lupus nephritis with autoantibodies to complement alternative pathway proteins and C3 gene mutation
... When complement is activated, C3 convertase releases C3a from the α chain while β chain remains ...(no complement activation) or EGTA-Mg buffer (alternative pathway activation), C3 cleavage in ...
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Germline mutations in the alternative pathway of complement predispose to HELLP syndrome
... mHam assay. The mHam assay was performed as previously described (20). Briefly, PNH-like (PIGA–null) TF-1 cells were used to assess complement-mediated killing via the APC. Cells were plat- ed in U-shaped wells at ...
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Altered renal tubular expression of the complement inhibitor Crry permits complement activation after ischemia/reperfusion
... in complement activation, but the kidney is unique in that activation after I/R occurs only via the alternative ...this pathway after renal I/R could occur either because of a loss of ...
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Complement-targeted therapy: development of C5- and C5a-targeted inhibition
... out complement factor B and complement component C5 resulted in the absence of nephritis ...the alternative pathway of complement activation ...of complement factor B. ...
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Platelets are activated in ANCA associated vasculitis via thrombin PARs pathway and can activate the alternative complement pathway
... the complement alternative pathway positive feedback loop play crucial roles in the pathogenesis of AAV [39, ...the alternative complement ...the alternative pathway of ...
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Low pH impairs complement-dependent cytotoxicity against IgG-coated target cells
... classical complement pathway, it has been assumed that the formation of the membrane attack complex (MAC) is mainly induced through the activation of the classical pathway and that the ...
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Predominant role for C5b 9 in renal ischemia/reperfusion injury
... classic pathway activa- ...as alternative pathways (51, 52). Moreover, classic pathway activation contributes to ischemic damage in mouse muscle and intestine (26, ...the alternative ...
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Activation of the alternative complement pathway by exposure of phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylserine on erythrocytes from sickle cell disease patients
... First, complement was activated by normal erythrocytes after incubation with sodium tetrathionate, which produces similar phospholipid ...for complement activation by sickle or tetrathionate-treated ...
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Age and Sex-Associated Changes of Complement Activity and Complement Levels in a Healthy Caucasian Population
... The complement system is activated via an enzymatic cascade reaction and has three different activation pathways, namely the classical pathway (CP), the lectin pathway (LP), and the ...
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Evolution of the initiating enzymes of the complement system
... mammalian alternative pathway, where it acts as a catalytic subunit of the alternative path- ways C3 convertase ...and alternative pathways, recognized as independent pathways in the mam- ...
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Mannan binding lectin activates C3 and the alternative complement pathway without involvement of C2
... activate complement in the absence of recognition ...manner; alternative pathway-mediated amplification was evident at moderately low MBL/MASP concentrations but was not required at high MBL/MASP ...
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A case report of recurrent C3 glomerulonephritis 18 months after renal transplantation
... AP, alternative pathway; C3GP, C3 glomerulopathy; C3NeF, C3 nephritic factor; CFH, complement factor H; CFHR1-5, complement factor H-related 1-5; CHI, complement factor I; Cr, ...
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Alternative complement pathway activation increases mortality in a model of burn injury in mice
... aggregating activity in the plasma, neutrophil aggregates in the lungs, increased pulmonary vascular permeability, and increased lung edema formation. Decomplementation with cobra venom factor (CVF) or genetic C5 ...
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Isolation and characterization of a membrane protein from normal human erythrocytes that inhibits reactive lysis of the erythrocytes of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
... After incubation with normal human serum and activated CoF complexes CoFBb, an alternative pathway C3/C5 convertase, the most complement-sensitive type of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobin[r] ...
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Direct evidence that decreased serum opsonization of Streptococcus pneumoniae via the alternative complement pathway in sickle cell disease is related to antibody deficiency
... the alternative pathway in patients' sera was restored to normal by addition of the purified IgG or IgM fraction of goat antiserum to capsular polysaccharide of the homologous ...with alternative ...
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Haemolytic uraemic syndrome associated with non shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli bacteraemia: a case report
... of complement al- ternative pathway genes, and this revealed a heterozy- gous variant in the gene encoding complement factor H ...the alternative pathway ...pair complement ...
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Inhibition of the alternative complement activation pathway in traumatic brain injury by a monoclonal anti-factor B antibody: a randomized placebo-controlled study in mice
... the complement system has been identified as an important early mediator of posttraumatic neuroinflam- mation ...the complement cascade [17-19]. Several complement inhibitors have been investigated ...
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