Complement cascade is made up of about 30 proteins that cleave one another in a series of reactions that radiates from an initial binding site on a pathogen. Best known for its action against bacteria ...
The complement cascade, which has two pathways, increases inflammation, opsonizes pathogens—labels them for destruction—and directly kills invaders through lysis, which means rupturing their cell ...
With Alzheimer’s disease therapies finally reaching the market and hundreds of active clinical trials for therapies and diagnostics, it seems like every week brings another potential avenue to explore ...
- Geographic atrophy (GA) program introduced with complement Factor I (CFI), a key component of the complement cascade, as a payload and utilizing two intravitreal (IVT) capsids, 7m8 and LSV1 - - IVT ...
Annexon, Inc. (ANNX) was able to achieve positive results from its phase 3 study for the treatment of patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome [GBS]. Matter of fact, it noted that a lower dose of its ...
The story of Q32 Bio, a company that develops therapeutics for inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, started two decades ago. That's when V. Michael Holers, MD, a University of Colorado School of ...
Complement C5a is a known mediator of inflammatory and neuropathic pain. In a new study, patients with NMOSD who were in remission and healthy controls were asked to rate their pain on a visual analog ...
Scientists have spotted a new variety of riled-up microglia that drives swelling in the human brain. In the November 18 Neuron, researchers from China led by Haixiao Liu, Shunnan Ge, and Yan Qu at ...