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

EE West, T Woodruff, V Fremeaux-Bacchi, C Kemper - The Lancet, 2024 - 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 …

Haemolytic uraemic syndrome

F Fakhouri, J Zuber, V Frémeaux-Bacchi, C Loirat - The Lancet, 2017 - thelancet.com
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome is a form of thrombotic microangiopathy affecting
predominantly the kidney and characterised by a triad of thrombocytopenia, mechanical …

Ravulizumab (ALXN1210) vs eculizumab in C5-inhibitor–experienced adult patients with PNH: the 302 study

AG Kulasekararaj, A Hill, ST Rottinghaus… - Blood, The Journal …, 2019 - ashpublications.org
Ravulizumab, a new complement component C5 inhibitor administered every 8 weeks, was
noninferior to eculizumab administered every 2 weeks in complement-inhibitor–naive …

Thrombotic microangiopathy and the kidney

V Brocklebank, KM Wood… - Clinical Journal of the …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Thrombotic microangiopathy can manifest in a diverse range of diseases and is
characterized by thrombocytopenia, microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, and organ injury …

HUS and atypical HUS

TS Jokiranta - Blood, The Journal of the American Society of …, 2017 - ashpublications.org
Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is a thrombotic microangiopathy characterized by
intravascular hemolysis, thrombocytopenia, and acute kidney failure. HUS is usually …

The long-acting C5 inhibitor, Ravulizumab, is effective and safe in adult patients with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome naïve to complement inhibitor treatment

E Rondeau, M Scully, G Ariceta, T Barbour… - Kidney International, 2020 - Elsevier
Ravulizumab is a long-acting C5 inhibitor engineered from eculizumab with increased
elimination half-life, allowing an extended dosing interval from two to eight weeks. Here we …

Complement system and the kidney: its role in renal diseases, kidney transplantation and renal cell carcinoma

F Lasorsa, M Rutigliano, M Milella, M Ferro… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The crosstalk among the complement system, immune cells, and mediators of inflammation
provides an efficient mechanism to protect the organism against infections and support the …

Eculizumab in paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria and atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome: 10‐year pharmacovigilance analysis

G Socié, MP Caby‐Tosi, JL Marantz… - British journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Eculizumab is the first and only medication approved for paroxysmal nocturnal
haemoglobinuria (PNH) and atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome (aHUS) treatment …

Haemolytic uraemic syndrome

M Michael, A Bagga, SE Sartain, RJH Smith - The Lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) is a heterogeneous group of diseases that result in a
common pathology, thrombotic microangiopathy, which is classically characterised by the …

Atypical hemolytic‐uremic syndrome: an update on pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment

R Raina, V Krishnappa, T Blaha, T Kann… - Therapeutic …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS), a rare variant of thrombotic microangiopathy, is
characterized by microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and renal …