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SARS-CoV-2 interacts with heparan sulfate to activate the alternative pathway

The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which is due to the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has caused over 5.5 million casualties to date. Despite ...

Montis Biosciences Advances First-in-Class Dual-Action C1q Antibody with Strong Preclinical Proof-of-Concept in Neuroinflammatory Diseases

C1q is the initiating component of the classical complement pathway and plays a critical role in activating macrophages and microglia through receptor-mediated signaling. Dysregulated C1q activity ...
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‘Important discovery’ shows how complement cascade drives systemic inflammation

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A protein known as granzyme K was recently shown to be a driver of inflammation by activating the complement ...
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Annexon Reports Phase 1 Results for ANX1502, its Oral Small Molecule Inhibitor of the Classical Complement Pathway

Target Levels of Active Drug Achieved in Healthy Volunteers with Oral Twice-Daily Dosing; Supportive Impact on Pharmacodynamic Biomarker of Complement Activity ANX1502 Generally Well Tolerated Across ...
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Innate versus Adaptive Immunity in COVID-19

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected hundreds of millions of people over the world, with more than 4.5 million deaths. The most striking part of the outbreak is the fact that ...