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C3G/IC-MPGN progression: Can new C3 inhibitors stop the path to dialysis?

For years, patients with C3G and IC-MPGN had few options to stop the progression toward kidney failure. Now a new class of FDA-approved C3 inhibitors that targets the root of the complement system can ...
Healio

Alternative complement pathway inhibition may be key to lupus management

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Kim’s hypothesis arises partially from studies that showed that C3, when introduced to synthetic neutrophils, ...
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Blocking overactive complement system demonstrates promise in treating severe COVID-19

A new analysis of lung epithelial cells from COVID-19 patients reveals how the protective complement branch of the immune system, which usually plays roles in both innate and adaptive immunity, can ...
Purdue University

COVID-19 causes 'unexpected' cellular response in the lungs, research finds

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – New insights into the immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infections could bring better treatments for COVID-19 cases. An international team of researchers unexpectedly found that a ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Sutimlimab in Cold Agglutinin Disease

Cold agglutinin disease is a rare autoimmune hemolytic anemia characterized by hemolysis that is caused by activation of the classic complement pathway. Sutimlimab, a humanized monoclonal antibody, ...
Healio

GT005 gene therapy shows ability to modulate complement pathway in geographic atrophy

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a first-in-human phase 1/2 study, GT005, an AAV2-based one-time investigational gene therapy, showed ...