The classical pathway triggers pathogenic complement activation in membranous nephropathy

Autor: Larissa Seifert, Gunther Zahner, Catherine Meyer-Schwesinger, Naemi Hickstein, Silke Dehde, Sonia Wulf, Sarah M. S. Köllner, Renke Lucas, Dominik Kylies, Sarah Froembling, Stephanie Zielinski, Oliver Kretz, Anna Borodovsky, Sergey Biniaminov, Yanyan Wang, Hong Cheng, Friedrich Koch-Nolte, Peter F. Zipfel, Helmut Hopfer, Victor G. Puelles, Ulf Panzer, Tobias B. Huber, Thorsten Wiech, Nicola M. Tomas
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-18 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36068-0
Popis: It is generally thought that complement activation in human membranous nephropathy (MN) occurs predominantly via the lectin or alternative pathway. Here, the authors show that the classical pathway is the dominant form of complement activation in MN and a pathogenic driver of the disease.
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