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Production of biologically active complement factor H in therapeutically useful quantities.
Protein expression and purification - 1 Apr 2011
Schmidt Christoph Q, Slingsby Fern C, Richards Anna, Barlow Paul N
Abstract excerpt
Human complement factor H (FH), an abundant 155-kDa plasma glycoprotein with 40 disulphide bonds, regulates the alternative-pathway complement cascade. Mutations and single nucleotide polymorphisms in the FH gene predispose to development of age-related macular degeneration, atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome and dense deposit disease. Supplementation with FH variants protective against disease is an enticing...
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