NIH R01 · 2025
Complement regulates macrophage and platelet function in kidney transplants
ABSTRACT The potential for complement activation during organ recovery, ischemia reperfusion and antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) is well-recognized. As a result, numerous therapeutic inhibitors of complement have been developed and tested in the treatment of AMR. Inhibitors of the terminal complement component C5, and more recently, C1 the first component of the classical pathway have been tested most extensively. Extensive evidence indicates C1q functions as a pattern recognition receptor (PRR) that binds apoptotic cells and mediates a non- inflammatory clearance by macrophages. In fact, C1q deficient patients and mice do not clear apoptotic cells efficiently and develop florid…
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