Complement activation in patients with AAV who are in remission may be reflective of ongoing renal scarring. Persistent complement activation during disease remission in antineutrophil cytoplasmic ...

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 ...

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 ...

A team led by the University of Sydney has identified red blood cell rupture at dying endothelial sites as a primary driver of microvascular obstruction in COVID-19, bypassing the expected role of ...

In a study, blocking the immune system complement protein C3 was shown to reduce MS disease severity in older mice but not in ...

Most people infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus recover after the acute illness. However, a significant proportion of infected individuals develop long-lasting symptoms with a wide range of ...