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Translational mini-review series on complement factor H: genetics and disease associations of human complement factor H.
Clinical and experimental immunology - 1 Jan 2008
de Córdoba S Rodríguez, de Jorge E Goicoechea
Abstract excerpt
Factor H is an abundant plasma glycoprotein that plays a critical role in the regulation of the complement system in plasma and in the protection of host cells and tissues from damage by complement activation. Several recent studies have described the association of genetic variations of the complement factor H gene (CFH) with atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome (aHUS), age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and...
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