Complement therapeutics / John D. Lambris, V. Michael Holers, Daniel Ricklin, editors.

SeriesAdvances in experimental medicine and biology, 0065-2598 ; v. 735
Advances in experimental medicine and biology v. 735. 0065-2598 ^A103
Contents Progress and trends in complement therapeutics / Daniel Ricklin and John D. Lambris -- Inhibition of the serine proteases of the complement system / P?eter G?al [and others] -- The role of MASP-1/3 in complement activation / Hideharu Sekine [and others] -- Membrane-bound complement regulatory proteins as biomarkers and potential therapeutic targets for SLE / Nibhriti Das, Bintili Biswas, and Rohan Khera -- DAF as a therapeutic target for steroid hormones : implications for host-pathogen interactions / Bogdan Nowicki and Stella Nowicki -- Targeting gC1qR domains for therapy against infection and inflammation / Berhane Ghebrehiwet [and others] -- The alternative C5a receptor function / Hiroshi Nishiura -- The effects of selective complement and CD14 inhibition on the E. coli-induced tissue factor mRNA upreglation, monocyte tissue factor expression, and tissue factor functional activity in human whole blood / O.-L. Brekke [and others] -- CR2-mediated targeting of complement inhibitors : bench-to-bedside using a novel strategy for site-specific complement modulation / V. Michael Holers, B?arbel Rohrer, and Stephen Tomlinson -- Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria and the complement system : recent insights and novel anticomplement strategies / Antonio M. Risitano -- Defective complement action and control defines disease pathology for retinal and renal disorders and provides a basis for new therapeutic approaches / Peter F. Zipfel and Nadine Lauer -- C3 glomerulonephritis/CFHR5 nephropathy is an endemic disease in Cyprus : clinical and molecular findings in 21 families / Constantinos Deltas [and others] -- Complement-targeted therapeutics in periodontitis / George Hajishengallis and John D. Lambris -- Complement system activation in cardiac and skeletal muscle pathology : friend or foe? / Maro Syriga and Manolis Mavroidis -- Innate immunity as orchestrator of bone marrow homing for hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells / Mariusz Z. Ratajczak [and others] -- Complement-mediated microvascular injury leads to chronic rejection / Mohammad A. Khan and Mark R. Nicolls -- Targeting complement at the time of transplantation / Steven Sacks [and others] -- Evaluation of the blood compatibility of materials, cells, and tissues : basic concepts, test models, and practical guidelines / Kristina N. Ekdahl [and others] -- Noninvasive detection of complement activation through radiologic imaging / Joshua M. Thurman and B?arbel Rohrer -- Highly multiplexed proteomic platform for biomarker discovery, diagnostics, and therapeutics / Michael R. Mehan [and others] -- Complement in action : an analysis of patent trends from 1976 through 2011 / Kun Yang [and others].
General note" ... Fifth International Complement Therapeutics Conference (June 22-27, 2011) in Rhodes, Greece ... This volume represents a collection of highlights from this conference ..."--Page v.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Technical details Mode of Access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012945942
ISBN9781461441175
ISBN146144117X