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 …

The complement alternative pathway in paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria: From a pathogenic mechanism to a therapeutic target

AM Risitano, C Frieri, E Urciuoli… - Immunological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) is a rare clonal, not malignant, hematological
disease characterized by intravascular hemolysis, thrombophilia and bone marrow failure …

Impact of environmental factors on hypertension and associated cardiovascular disease.

FJ Rios, AC Montezano, LL Camargo… - Canadian Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Hypertension is the primary cause of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and is responsible for
nearly 9 million deaths worldwide annually. Increasing evidence indicates that in addition to …

Recent advances and evolving concepts in Still's disease

P Ruscitti, L Cantarini, PA Nigrovic… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Still's disease is a rare inflammatory syndrome that encompasses systemic juvenile
idiopathic arthritis and adult-onset Still's disease, both of which can exhibit life-threatening …

Macrophage phagocytosis of SARS-CoV-2-infected cells mediates potent plasmacytoid dendritic cell activation

O García-Nicolás, A Godel, G Zimmer… - Cellular & molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
Early and strong interferon type I (IFN-I) responses are usually associated with mild COVID-
19 disease, whereas persistent or unregulated proinflammatory cytokine responses are …

Vectored immunoprophylaxis and treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection in a preclinical model

T Tada, J Minnee, NR Landau - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Vectored immunoprophylaxis was first developed as a means of establishing engineered
immunity to HIV using an adenoassociated viral vector expressing a broadly neutralizing …

Characteristics of lymphocyte subset alterations in COVID-19 patients with different levels of disease severity

W Dai, A Zhong, Q Qiao, J Wu, W Li, Q Wu, H Zhou… - Virology journal, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a respiratory disorder
caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which had …

Biological effects of COVID-19 on lung cancer: Can we drive our decisions

B Aramini, V Masciale, AV Samarelli, R Tonelli… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
COVID-19 infection caused by SARS-CoV-2 is considered catastrophic because it affects
multiple organs, particularly those of the respiratory tract. Although the consequences of this …

Natural killer cell responses during SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination in people living with HIV-1

A Alrubayyi, E Touizer, D Hameiri-Bowen… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Natural killer (NK) cell subsets with adaptive properties are emerging as regulators of
vaccine-induced T and B cell responses and are specialized towards antibody-dependent …

Metallic nanoplatforms for COVID-19 diagnostics: versatile applications in the pandemic and post-pandemic era

Y Li, J Chen, J Wei, X Liu, L Yu, L Yu, D Ding… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic, which originated in Hubei, China, in December 2019, has had a
profound impact on global public health. With the elucidation of the SARS-CoV-2 virus …