Aqueous humor and EDTA-plasma of 31 nAMD patients and 30 age-matched controls was collected. The levels of the complement factor 3 (C3), the regulators factor H (FH), and factor I (FI), and of the ...
K. pneumoniae is frequently the source of hospital-acquired infections and, due to the widespread use of antibiotics in these settings, has also acquired numerous resistance genes. In fact, over ...
In a study, blocking the immune system complement protein C3 was shown to reduce MS disease severity in older mice but not in ...
Findings suggest that the complement system plays a role in the onset of acute kidney injury in critically ill patients. Urinary Ba, a fragment of complement factor B, may be a biomarker and mediator ...
Opportunities in the C5 inhibitors market include developing next-gen biosimilars and biosuperiors to improve administration frequency and expand treatment indications for diseases like aHUS, SCD, MG, ...
It was called ‘complement’ because it aided the antibacterial activity of antibodies. However, it is now known that the complement system can be activated early in an infection without the presence of ...
Recent clinical trials utilizing high doses of adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors have highlighted a new challenge to AAV gene transfer—activation of the complement system. A new article in Human ...