ImmunopharmacologyPub Date : 2000-08-01DOI: 10.1016/s0162-3109(00)80299-4
A Sahu, J D Lambris
{"title":"Complement inhibitors: a resurgent concept in anti-inflammatory therapeutics.","authors":"A Sahu, J D Lambris","doi":"10.1016/s0162-3109(00)80299-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s0162-3109(00)80299-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In addition to its essential role in immune defense, the complement system contributes to tissue damage in many clinical conditions. Thus, there is a pressing need to develop therapeutically effective complement inhibitors to prevent these adverse effects. This concept, though old, received little scientific attention until recently. Data from animal models of diseases that have been produced using complement-deficient, knockout, and transgenic animals, as well as data demonstrating that complement proteins are produced in many important tissue sites (including the brain) have attracted the interest of many basic research scientists and applied scientists from the biotechnology field and larger pharmaceutical firms. This resurgence of interest has generated a wealth of new information in the field of complement inhibition. In this article, we comprehensively review up-to-date information in the field of complement inhibitors.</p>","PeriodicalId":13327,"journal":{"name":"Immunopharmacology","volume":"49 1-2","pages":"133-48"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/s0162-3109(00)80299-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21745168","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ImmunopharmacologyPub Date : 2000-08-01DOI: 10.1016/s0162-3109(00)80300-8
M K Pangburn
{"title":"Host recognition and target differentiation by factor H, a regulator of the alternative pathway of complement.","authors":"M K Pangburn","doi":"10.1016/s0162-3109(00)80300-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s0162-3109(00)80300-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Factor H is responsible for recognition of host cells and tissues and mediates discrimination among microbial pathogens during activation of the alternative pathway of complement (AP). Its unique structure of 20 SCR domains arranged in a flexible chain permits a variety of functional sites to interact with complement proteins and surface markers in a biological example of single-molecule combinatorial chemistry. In addition to the complement regulatory site located in the N-terminal four SCR domains, two other sites bind complement protein C3b and three sites appear to recognize a variety of polyanions that serve as host markers. Recent studies indicate that cooperativity among several C3b- and polyanion-binding sites influences the biological functions of factor H and that the degree of influence of each site varies on different cells. The engagement of one or more of the host marker recognition sites enables factor H to control activation of the AP. The absence of host-like markers allows AP activation, but many common pathogens have developed receptors for factor H or mimics of host markers of varying degrees of authenticity allowing them to escape detection by this innate defense system. Organisms using one or more of these evasive techniques include Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Streptococcus pyogenes, Yersinia enterocolitica, Trypanosoma cruzi, and the HIV virus.</p>","PeriodicalId":13327,"journal":{"name":"Immunopharmacology","volume":"49 1-2","pages":"149-57"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/s0162-3109(00)80300-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21745169","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ImmunopharmacologyPub Date : 2000-08-01DOI: 10.1016/s0162-3109(00)80302-1
P Gasque, Y D Dean, E P McGreal, J VanBeek, B P Morgan
{"title":"Complement components of the innate immune system in health and disease in the CNS.","authors":"P Gasque, Y D Dean, E P McGreal, J VanBeek, B P Morgan","doi":"10.1016/s0162-3109(00)80302-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s0162-3109(00)80302-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The innate immune system and notably the complement (C) system play important roles in host defense to recognise and kill deleterious invaders or toxic entities, but activation at inappropriate sites or to an excessive degree can cause severe tissue damage. C has been implicated as a factor in the exacerbation and propagation of tissue injury in numerous diseases including neurodegenerative disorders. In this article, we review the evidence indicating that brain cells can synthesise a full lytic C system and also express specific C inhibitors (to protect from C activation and C lysis) and C receptors (involved in cell activation, chemotaxis and phagocytosis). We also summarise the mechanisms involved in the antibody-independent activation of the classical pathway of C in Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease and Pick's disease. Although the primary role of C activation on a target cell is to induce cell lysis (particularly of neurons), we present evidence indicating that C (C3a, C5a, sublytic level of C5b-9) may also be involved in pro- as well as anti-inflammatory activities. Moreover, we discuss evidence suggesting that local C activation may contribute to tissue remodelling activities during repair in the CNS.</p>","PeriodicalId":13327,"journal":{"name":"Immunopharmacology","volume":"49 1-2","pages":"171-86"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/s0162-3109(00)80302-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21745171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ImmunopharmacologyPub Date : 2000-08-01DOI: 10.1016/S0162-3109(00)80272-6
T. Kinoshita, R. Watanabe, Y. Murakami, N. Inoue, Y. Maeda, J. Hino, K. Kangawa
{"title":"Pig-P, the fourth protein associated with Pig-A that is responsible for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria","authors":"T. Kinoshita, R. Watanabe, Y. Murakami, N. Inoue, Y. Maeda, J. Hino, K. Kangawa","doi":"10.1016/S0162-3109(00)80272-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0162-3109(00)80272-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13327,"journal":{"name":"Immunopharmacology","volume":"64 1","pages":"92"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78217712","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ImmunopharmacologyPub Date : 2000-08-01DOI: 10.1016/S0162-3109(00)80198-8
J. Parent, W. C. Benzing, R. Gupta-Bansal, M. Convery, R. Anderson, K. Brunden
{"title":"Efficacy of an anti-properdin MoAb in two models of complement-mediated tissue in jury","authors":"J. Parent, W. C. Benzing, R. Gupta-Bansal, M. Convery, R. Anderson, K. Brunden","doi":"10.1016/S0162-3109(00)80198-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0162-3109(00)80198-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13327,"journal":{"name":"Immunopharmacology","volume":"39 1","pages":"68"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82014707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ImmunopharmacologyPub Date : 2000-08-01DOI: 10.1016/S0162-3109(00)80203-9
J. Hellwage, H. Jarva, P. Zipfel, S. Meri
{"title":"Factor H-related proteins interact with C-reactive protein","authors":"J. Hellwage, H. Jarva, P. Zipfel, S. Meri","doi":"10.1016/S0162-3109(00)80203-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0162-3109(00)80203-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13327,"journal":{"name":"Immunopharmacology","volume":"4 1","pages":"70"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81982139","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ImmunopharmacologyPub Date : 2000-08-01DOI: 10.1016/S0162-3109(00)80260-X
M. Gadjeva, T. Vorup-Jensen, A. Hansen, S. Thiel, J. Jensenius
{"title":"Analysis of MASP-2 activation by mutagenesis studies","authors":"M. Gadjeva, T. Vorup-Jensen, A. Hansen, S. Thiel, J. Jensenius","doi":"10.1016/S0162-3109(00)80260-X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0162-3109(00)80260-X","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13327,"journal":{"name":"Immunopharmacology","volume":"55 1","pages":"89"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88889089","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}