In the autoimmune disorder myasthenia gravis (MG), the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are the primary targets of pathogenic antibodies. While MG mechanisms have been extensively studied in ...

Obayashi: "It also had neutralization of toxins, prevention of viruses entering cells, and opsonization, right? Also, destruction of bacterial membranes and..." Obayashi: "Huh, so that's how it flows.

In the previous article, I introduced antibodies. Antibodies can bind to pathogens and mark them as 'the enemy'. However, in reality, antibodies themselves cannot eat or directly destroy pathogens. So ...

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The complement system identifies and eliminates pathogens and dying cells, 3 pathways can activate the complement system—classical, lectin, and alternative—and their activation results in similar ...

The figure focuses on complement activation by means of the alternative pathway because it is the one responsible for hemolysis in PNH. The lightning bolt symbolizes the spontaneous hydrolytic ...

Currently available treatments of diabetic kidney disease (DKD) remain limited despite improved understanding of DKD pathophysiology. The complement system is a central part of innate immunity, but ...