Current Topics in Complement - Lambris, John D.; SpringerLink (Online service) (New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2006)
Cross-Disciplinary Research Stirs New Challenges into the Study of the Structure, Function and Systems Biology of Complement -- Liver Regeneration: A Link to Inflammation through Complement -- The Role of Third Complement Component (C3) in Homing of Hematopoietic Stem/Progenitor Cells into Bone Marrow -- Complement System and the Eye -- To Regeneration ... with Complement -- Self, Non-Self, and Danger: A Complementary View -- gC1qR/p33 Serves as a Molecular Bridge between the Complement and Contact Activation Systems and Is an Important Catalyst in Inflammation -- Possible Immunoprotective and Angiogenesis-Promoting Roles for Malignant Cell-Derived Prostasomes: A New Paradigm for Prostatic Cancer? -- Diversified Components of the Bony Fish Complement System: More Genes for Robuster Innate Defense? -- C5b-9 Complement Complex in Autoimmune Demyelination: Dual Role in Neuroinflammation and Neuroprotection -- The Double-Edged Flower: Roles of Complement Protein C1q in Neurodegenerative Diseases -- The Role of the Complement System in the Pathogenesis of Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis and Multiple Sclerosis -- The Complement System: A Potential Target for Stroke Therapy -- Observations on Complement Activity in the Two-Stage Inflammatory/Hemostatic Response in the Baboon and Human Models of E. Coli Sepsis and Endotoxemia -- Complement Activation During Sepsis in Humans -- Three Distinct Profiles of Serum Complement C4 Proteins in Pediatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Patients: Tight Associations of Complement C4 and C3 Protein Levels in SLE but not in Healthy Subjects -- A Minimum CR2 Binding Domain of C3d Enhances Immunity Following Vaccination -- Structure and Function of Ficolins -- Role of Mannose-Binding Lectin (MBL2) Genotyping in Predicting the Risk of Recurrent Otitis Media (rOM) -- Conformational Complexity of Complement Component C3 -- Disease-Associated Sequence Variations in Factor H: A Structural Biology Approach -- Transdermal Pharmacology of Small Molecule Cyclic C5a Antagonists -- Inactivation of Complement by Recombinant Human C3 Derivatives -- Complement Analysis in Clinic and Research -- Cell-Bound Complement Activation Products (CB-CAPs) as a Source of Lupus Biomarkers.
Keywords: Immunology; Microbiology; Infectious diseases; Pathology; Immunology; Microbiology; Infectious Diseases; Pathology