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Intermittent C1-Inhibitor Deficiency Associated with Recessive Inheritance: Functional and Structural Insight.
Scientific reports - 17 Jan 2018
Caccia Sonia, Suffritti Chiara, Carzaniga Thomas, Berardelli Romina, Berra Silvia, Martorana Vincenzo, Fra Annamaria, Drouet Christian, Cicardi Marco
Abstract excerpt
C1-inhibitor is a serine protease inhibitor (serpin) controlling complement and contact system activation. Gene mutations result in reduced C1-inhibitor functional plasma level causing hereditary angioedema, a life-threatening disorder. Despite a stable defect, the clinical expression of hereditary angioedema is unpredictable, and the molecular mechanism underlying this variability remains undisclosed. Here we...
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