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High Complement Factor H-Related (FHR)-3 Levels Are Associated With the Atypical Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome-Risk Allele CFHR3*B.
Frontiers in immunology - 1 Jan 2018
Pouw Richard B, Gómez Delgado Irene, López Lera Alberto, Rodríguez de Córdoba Santiago, Wouters Diana, Kuijpers Taco W, Sánchez-Corral Pilar
Abstract excerpt
Dysregulation of the complement alternative pathway (AP) is a major pathogenic mechanism in atypical hemolytic-uremic syndrome (aHUS). Genetic or acquired defects in factor H (FH), the main AP regulator, are major aHUS drivers that associate with a poor prognosis. FH activity has been suggested to be downregulated by homologous FH-related (FHR) proteins, including FHR-3 and FHR-1. Hence, their relative levels in...
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