Complement and Kidney Disease - Zipfel, Peter F.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Basel : Birkhäuser Basel : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2006)
The complement system in renal diseases -- Complement in renal transplantation -- C1q and the glomerulonephritides: therapeutic approaches for the treatment of complement-mediated kidney diseases -- Complement deficient mice as model systems for kidney diseases -- Non-Shiga toxin-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome -- Role of complement and Factor H in hemolytic uremic syndrome -- Genetic testing in atypical HUS and the role of membrane cofactor protein (MCP; CD46) and Factor I -- Towards a new classification of hemolytic uremic syndrome -- Therapeutic strategies for atypical and recurrent hemolytic uremic syndromes (HUS) -- Complement defects in children which result in kidney diseases: diagnosis and therapy -- The role of complement in membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis -- The experience of a patient advocacy group.
Keywords: Immunology; Cell biology; Nephrology; Human physiology; Internal medicine; Medical microbiology; Immunology; Cell Biology; Nephrology; Human Physiology; Internal Medicine; Medical Microbiology