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Complement C6 deficiency exacerbates pathophysiology after spinal cord injury.
Scientific reports - 11 Nov 2020
Su Diane, Hooshmand Mitra J, Galvan Manuel D, Nishi Rebecca A, Cummings Brian J, Anderson Aileen J
Abstract excerpt
Historically, the membrane attack complex, composed of complement components C5b-9, has been connected to lytic cell death and implicated in secondary injury after a CNS insult. However, studies to date have utilized either non-littermate control rat models, or mouse models that lack significant C5b-9 activity. To investigate what role C5b-9 plays in spinal cord injury and recovery, we generated littermate PVG C6...
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