Current Topics in Complement

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.