Figure 1: Mannose-binding lectin (blue strands) can bind to sites on the SARS-Cov-2 spike protein on the cell membrane. One of the most striking features of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is that across all ...

Global understanding of complement has shifted and developed since the 21st century: from our idea of a blood-based antibiotic system to a global regulator of immunity and tissue homeostasis. Recent ...

When drug development and the immune system collide we get CAR-T, checkpoint inhibitors, oncolytic vaccines, monoclonal antibodies and more. These fields have produced many therapies and garnered a ...

The complement system is primarily a host defence mechanism, but it causes injury to tissue cells through the formation of the membrane attack complex (C5b–C9), which leads to cell lysis and cell ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 101, No. 27 (Jul. 6, 2004), pp. 10127-10131 (5 pages) The lectin complement pathway in innate immunity is closely ...

Immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy is the most prevalent glomerulonephritis worldwide that does not have a specific treatment. Its pathogenesis is complex and not well understood, but there is ...

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Omeros Corporation (Nasdaq: OMER) today announced that the first report describing the effects of lectin-pathway inhibition by narsoplimab on urinary complement levels in ...

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--True North Therapeutics, Inc., announced today a publication demonstrating that the company's C1s antibody prevents the destruction of human red blood cells exposed to ...