Clinical promise of next-generation complement therapeutics

DC Mastellos, D Ricklin, JD Lambris - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2019 - nature.com
The complement system plays a key role in pathogen immunosurveillance and tissue
homeostasis. However, subversion of its tight regulatory control can fuel a vicious cycle of …

[HTML][HTML] Compendium of current complement therapeutics

WM Zelek, L Xie, BP Morgan, CL Harris - Molecular immunology, 2019 - Elsevier
The complement system is well known for its role in innate immunity and in maintenance of
tissue homeostasis, providing a first line of defence against infection and playing a key role …

[HTML][HTML] Complementopathies and precision medicine

E Gavriilaki, RA Brodsky - The Journal of clinical …, 2020 - Am Soc Clin Investig
The renaissance of complement diagnostics and therapeutics has introduced precision
medicine into a widened field of complement-mediated diseases. In particular, complement …

The spectrum of complement alternative pathway‐mediated diseases

VM Holers - Immunological reviews, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The complement system has once again come into prominence in the therapeutic
development arena. The recent approval of an inhibitory monoclonal antibody, eculizumab …

[HTML][HTML] Expanding horizons in complement drug discovery: challenges and emerging strategies

CL Harris - Seminars in immunopathology, 2018 - Springer
The complement system is best known for its role in innate immunity, providing a first line of
defence against infection, maintaining tissue homeostasis by flagging apoptotic cells and …

[HTML][HTML] Tipping the balance: intricate roles of the complement system in disease and therapy

RB Pouw, D Ricklin - Seminars in Immunopathology, 2021 - Springer
The ability of the complement system to rapidly and broadly react to microbial intruders,
apoptotic cells and other threats by inducing forceful elimination responses is indispensable …

A guide to complement biology, pathology and therapeutic opportunity

DC Mastellos, G Hajishengallis… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Complement has long been considered a key innate immune effector system that mediates
host defence and tissue homeostasis. Yet, growing evidence has illuminated a broader …

Complement‐targeted therapeutics: an emerging field enabled by academic drug discovery

C Lamers, D Ricklin, JD Lambris - American Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Within a short few years, the number of complement inhibitors that are either approved for
therapeutic application or evaluated in late‐stage clinical trials has expanded remarkably …

New milestones ahead in complement-targeted therapy

D Ricklin, JD Lambris - Seminars in immunology, 2016 - Elsevier
The complement system is a powerful effector arm of innate immunity that typically confers
protection from microbial intruders and accumulating debris. In many clinical situations …

Complement in human disease: approved and up-and-coming therapeutics

EE West, T Woodruff, V Fremeaux-Bacchi, C Kemper - The Lancet, 2023 - thelancet.com
The complement system is recognised as a protector against blood-borne pathogens and a
controller of immune system and tissue homoeostasis. However, dysregulated complement …