[HTML][HTML] Complement catalyzing glomerular diseases

PF Zipfel, T Wiech, HJ Gröne, C Skerka - Cell and Tissue Research, 2021 - Springer
Complement is an evolutionarily conserved system which is important in the defense against
microorganisms and also in the elimination of modified or necrotic elements of the body …

Complement and the kidney: an overview

JM Thurman - Advances in chronic kidney disease, 2020 - Elsevier
The complement cascade was first recognized as a downstream effector system of antibody-
mediated cytotoxicity. Consistent with this view, it was discovered in the 1960s that …

[HTML][HTML] Novel roles of complement in renal diseases and their therapeutic consequences

T Wada, M Nangaku - Kidney international, 2013 - Elsevier
The complement system functions as a part of the innate immune system. Inappropriate
activation of the complement pathways has a deleterious effect on kidneys. Recent …

[HTML][HTML] Complement in non-antibody-mediated kidney diseases

A Angeletti, J Reyes-Bahamonde, P Cravedi… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The complement system is part of the innate immune response that plays important roles in
protecting the host from foreign pathogens. The complement components and relative …

Complement regulation and kidney diseases: recent knowledge of the double-edged roles of complement activation in nephrology

M Mizuno, Y Suzuki, Y Ito - Clinical and Experimental Nephrology, 2018 - Springer
The complement activation system plays important roles to maintain homeostasis in the host
and to fight foreign invaders to protect the host. Therefore, the complement system is …

[HTML][HTML] Complement-mediated kidney diseases

F Poppelaars, JM Thurman - Molecular immunology, 2020 - Elsevier
It has long been known that the complement cascade is activated in various forms of
glomerulonephritis. In many of these diseases, immune-complexes deposit in the glomeruli …

The role of complement in kidney disease

V Petr, JM Thurman - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2023 - nature.com
The complement cascade comprises soluble and cell surface proteins and is an important
arm of the innate immune system. Once activated, the complement system rapidly generates …

[HTML][HTML] Overview of complement activation and regulation

M Noris, G Remuzzi - Seminars in nephrology, 2013 - Elsevier
Complement is an important component of the innate immune system that is crucial for
defense from microbial infections and for clearance of immune complexes and injured cells …

The role of complement in glomerulonephritis—are novel therapies ready for prime time?

CK Cheung, JP Dormer, J Barratt - Nephrology Dialysis …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The complement system plays a key pathogenic role in glomerular diseases with a diverse
range of aetiologies, including C3 glomerulopathy, immunoglobulin A nephropathy …

The complement system in the pathogenesis and progression of kidney diseases: What doesn't kill you makes you older

ED Stea, G D'Ettorre, A Mitrotti, L Gesualdo - European Journal of Internal …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Complement System is an evolutionarily conserved component of immunity
that plays a key role in host defense against infections and tissue homeostasis. However …