Current understanding of the molecular mechanisms of circulating permeability factor in focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

G Salfi, F Casiraghi, G Remuzzi - Frontiers in immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The pathogenetic mechanisms underlying the onset and the post-transplant recurrence of
primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) are complex and remain yet to be fully …

Translating B cell immunology to the treatment of antibody-mediated allograft rejection

PS Heeger, MC Haro, S Jordan - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Antibody-mediated rejection (AMR), including chronic AMR (cAMR), causes~ 50%
of kidney allograft losses each year. Despite attempts to develop well-tolerated and effective …

How neutrophils shape the immune response: reassessing their multifaceted role in health and disease

A Shafqat, JA Khan, AY Alkachem, H Sabur… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Neutrophils are the most abundant of the circulating immune cells and are the first to be
recruited to sites of inflammation. Neutrophils are a heterogeneous group of immune cells …

The C5AR1/TNFSF13B axis alleviates osteoarthritis by activating the PI3K/Akt/GSK3β/Nrf2/HO-1 pathway to inhibit ferroptosis

M Lv, Y Cai, W Hou, K Peng, K Xu, C Lu, W Yu… - Experimental Cell …, 2024 - Elsevier
Chondrocyte ferroptosis induces the occurrence of osteoarthritis (OA). As a key gene of OA,
C5a receptor 1 (C5AR1) is related to ferroptosis. Here, we investigated whether C5AR1 …

The Promise of Complement Therapeutics in Solid Organ Transplantation

JA Steggerda, PS Heeger - Transplantation, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Transplantation is the ideal therapy for end-stage organ failure, but outcomes for all
transplant organs are suboptimal, underscoring the need to develop novel approaches to …

A Unifying Theory for Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome Pathogenesis?

G Salfi - The Journal of Immunology, 2023 - journals.aai.org
I have read with keen interest the article by Cumpelik et al.(1), which presents a pioneering
investigation into a novel T cell–independent pathway of B1 cell activation through …

Structural epitope profiling identifies antibodies associated with critical COVID-19 and long COVID

PKA Kearns, C Dixon, M Badonyi, K Lee, R Czapiewski… - medRxiv, 2022 - medrxiv.org
Even within a single protein, antibody binding can have beneficial, neutral, or harmful effects
during the response to infection. Resolving a polyclonal antibody repertoire across a …

The complement regulator CD55 modulates TLR9 signaling and supports survival in marginal zone B cells

I Lee, I Ling, S Verma, W Blanche, C Pham, P Kendall - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Marginal zone (MZ) B cells bridge innate and adaptive immunity by sensing bloodborne
antigens and producing rapid antibody and cytokine responses. CD55 is a membrane …