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Mesangial immune complex glomerulonephritis due to complement factor D deficiency.
Kidney international - 1 Jun 2007
Abrera-Abeleda M A, Xu Y, Pickering M C, Smith R J H, Sethi S
Abstract excerpt
Complement factor D is a serine protease essential for the activation of the alternative pathway and is expressed in the kidney, adipocytes, and macrophages. Factor D is found at relatively high levels in glomeruli suggesting that this component of the complement cascade could influence renal pat...
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