The complement system is activated in many rheumatic diseases, as evident from deposition of activation fragments in affected tissue, decreased residual complement function and increased levels of ...

K. pneumoniae is frequently the source of hospital-acquired infections and, due to the widespread use of antibiotics in these settings, has also acquired numerous resistance genes. In fact, over ...

Recent clinical trials utilizing high doses of adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors have highlighted a new challenge to AAV gene transfer—activation of the complement system. A new article in Human ...

It was called ‘complement’ because it aided the antibacterial activity of antibodies. However, it is now known that the complement system can be activated early in an infection without the presence of ...

Clinicogenomic landscape and outcomes of metastatic colorectal cancer patients with pathogenic GNAS variants. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2025 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does ...

Iptacopan significantly slowed kidney decline in a phase III trial ...

Findings suggest that the complement system plays a role in the onset of acute kidney injury in critically ill patients. Urinary Ba, a fragment of complement factor B, may be a biomarker and mediator ...

Left untreated, PNH could cause death in about half of patients within 10 years of diagnosis. The primary cause of PNH-related mortality is thromboembolic events. A host of anti-complement strategies, ...