New research finds that the complement system, part of the body’s natural immune defenses, is a key driver of inflammatory ...

Most people infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus recover after the acute illness. However, a significant proportion of infected individuals develop long-lasting symptoms with a wide range of ...

University of Pennsylvania researchers have found a promising new treatment for periodontitis using a component of the immune system called complement, according to a new study in the Journal of ...

An MUSC research team reports in Cells that the complement system, part of the body's natural immune defenses, is a key ...

Undertaking a study of proteins found in the complement system, an important part of the immune system, of patients with long COVID, researchers have identified a blood protein ‘signature’ that may ...

C3 glomerulopathy (C3G) and primary immune complex membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (IC-MPGN) are two rare kidney diseases. They’re both driven by activity of the complement system, which is a ...

Recent clinical trials utilizing high doses of adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors have highlighted a new challenge to AAV gene transfer—activation of the complement system. A new article in Human ...

Complement 3 glomerulopathy (C3G) and immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) kidney diseases are rare glomerular conditions that involve dysfunction in the body’s immune system. Chronic kidney disease ...