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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41590-021-00946-w | DOI Listing |
Front Immunol
April 2025
Department of Veterinary Medicine (CAVM), UAE University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
Fibroblasts are cells of mesenchymal origin with a range of phenotypic diversity and heterogeneity. One of the major functions of fibroblasts is the formation and turnover of the extracellular matrix and establishing a tissue structure by forming a matrisome from embryonic development to the adult stage. It plays an indispensable role in extracellular matrix remodeling during injury, repair, and infection, providing a scaffold for cell-to-cell interaction.
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January 2024
Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Lack of complement factor C1q of the classical pathway results in severely impaired primary antibody responses. This is a paradox because antibodies, especially IgM, are the most efficient activators of the classical pathway and very little specific IgM will be present at priming. A possible explanation would be that natural IgM, binding with low affinity to the antigen, may suffice to activate complement.
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June 2023
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA.
Background: Germinal matrix hemorrhage is a devastating disease of pre-term infancy commonly resulting in post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus, periventricular leukomalacia, and subsequent neurocognitive deficits. We demonstrate vascular expression of the adhesion molecule P-selectin after GMH and investigate a strategy to specifically target complement inhibition to sites of P-selectin expression to mitigate the pathological sequelae of GMH.
Methods: We prepared two fusion proteins consisting of different anti-P-selectin single chain antibodies (scFv's) linked to the complement inhibitor Crry.
Germinal Matrix Hemorrhage is a devastating disease of pre-term infancy commonly resulting in post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus, periventricular leukomalacia, and subsequent neurocognitive deficits. We demonstrate vascular expression of the adhesion molecule P-selectin after GMH and investigate a strategy to specifically target complement inhibition to sites of P-selectin expression to mitigate the pathological sequelae of GMH. We prepared two fusion proteins consisting of different anti-P-selectin single chain antibodies (scFv's) linked to the complement inhibitor Crry.
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March 2022
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, 173 Ashley Avenue, BSB 204, MSC 504, Charleston, SC 29425, USA.
Germinal matrix hemorrhage (GMH) is a devastating disease of infancy that results in intraventricular hemorrhage, post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus (PHH), periventricular leukomalacia, and neurocognitive deficits. There are no curative treatments and limited surgical options. We developed and characterized a mouse model of GMH based on the injection of collagenase into the subventricular zone of post-natal pups and utilized the model to investigate the role of complement in PHH development.
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