Complement diagnostics: concepts, indications, and practical guidelines

B Nilsson, KN Ekdahl - Journal of Immunology Research, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Aberrations in the complement system have been shown to be direct or indirect
pathophysiological mechanisms in a number of diseases and pathological conditions such …

Interpretation of serological complement biomarkers in disease

KN Ekdahl, B Persson, C Mohlin, K Sandholm… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Complement system aberrations have been identified as pathophysiological mechanisms in
a number of diseases and pathological conditions either directly or indirectly. Examples of …

Clinical complement analysis—an overview

L Skattum - Transfusion Medicine Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
The complement system plays an important role in varying types of disease, ranging from
inflammatory and autoimmune disorders to immune deficiency states. In addition, new …

Complement analysis in the era of targeted therapeutics

Z Prohászka, M Kirschfink, A Frazer-Abel - Molecular immunology, 2018 - Elsevier
Complement immunobiology, and with it complement analysis, has undergone a
renaissance in the past decade. Classically, complement analysis was limited number of …

Complement deficiency and disease: an update

AG Sjöholm, G Jönsson, JH Braconier, G Sturfelt… - Molecular …, 2006 - Elsevier
Complement deficiencies are probably vastly under-diagnosed within clinical medicine.
Judging from a Swedish study of C2 deficiency, a deficiency with an estimated prevalence of …

Complement in the pathophysiology and diagnosis of human diseases

AP Dalmasso - CRC Critical reviews in clinical laboratory sciences, 1986 - Taylor & Francis
In recent years, progress in the delineation of reaction mechanisms of the complement
system greatly stimulated studies on the possible significance of complement in clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Complement analysis 2016: Clinical indications, laboratory diagnostics and quality control

Z Prohászka, B Nilsson, A Frazer-Abel, M Kirschfink - Immunobiology, 2016 - Elsevier
In recent years, complement analysis of body fluids and biopsies, going far beyond C3 and
C4, has significantly enhanced our understanding of the disease process. Such expanded …

[PDF][PDF] Clinical utility of complement assessment

AE Ahmed, JB Peter - Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology, 1995 - Am Soc Microbiol
Via its multiple functional activities, the complement system plays a major role in host
defense against infection and in inffammatory processes. The system consists of more than …

Complement in human diseases: lessons from complement deficiencies

M Botto, M Kirschfink, P Macor, MC Pickering… - Molecular …, 2009 - Elsevier
Complement deficient cases reported in the second half of the last century have been of
great help in defining the role of complement in host defence. Surveys of the deficient …

Complement as a diagnostic tool in immunopathology

A López-Lera, F Corvillo, P Nozal, JR Regueiro… - Seminars in Cell & …, 2019 - Elsevier
The complement system is a complex and autoregulated multistep cascade at the interface
of innate and adaptive immunity. It is activated by immune complexes or apoptotic cells …