For years, patients with C3G and IC-MPGN had few options to stop the progression toward kidney failure. Now a new class of FDA-approved C3 inhibitors that targets the root of the complement system can ...
Undertaking a study of proteins found in the complement system, an important part of the immune system, of patients with long COVID, researchers have identified a blood protein ‘signature’ that may ...
Covid-19 denotes coronavirus disease 2019, CT computed tomography, ICU intensive care unit, MIS-C multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, ND not determined, PASC postacute sequelae of Covid-19, ...
Researchers have discovered that SARS-CoV-2 hijacks three important host proteins that dampen the activity of the complement system, a key component of early antiviral immunity. This significantly ...
Researchers at King's College London have discovered that an immune protein best known for protecting the body against ...