The complement system : novel roles in health and disease /
The Complement System: Novel Roles in Health and Disease surveys the advances in basic and applied research on the complement system over the past few years. Complement is a major protein network in blood that has been traditionally conceived as part of the immune system, a proinflammatory cascade e...
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Table of Contents:
- Part 1. A Piece of Complement History
- 1. The Development of the "One-Hit" or "Single Site" Theory of Complement Mediated Immune Hemolysis : A Personal Account / T. Borsos
- Part 2. Pathways, Genetics and Gene Regulation of Complement
- 2. The Initiation Complexes of the Classical and Lectin Pathways / P. Gal [and others]
- Complement Genetics / Gy. Abel and V. Agnello
- Regulation of Complement Receptor Gene Expression : Regulators and Inhibitors / M. Tolnay and G.C. Tsokos
- Part 3. Novel Regulatory Roles of Complement in Health and Disease
- 5. Coordination of Adaptive Immune Responses by C3 / A. Erdei [and others]
- 6. Terminal Complement Complex : Regulation of Formation and Pathophysiological Functions / F. Tedesco, R. Bulla and F. Fischetti
- 7. The Many Faces of the Membrane Regulators of Complement / C.L. Harris and B.P. Morgan
- 8. New Insights Into the Regulation of Complement Activation by Decay Accelerating Factor / L. Kuttner-Kondo and E.M. Medof
- 9. The Role of Complement in Pregnancy and Fetal Loss / G. Girardi and J.E. Salmon
- 10. Complement Deficiencies : a 2004 Update / Gy. Abel and V. Agnello
- Part 4. Exploitation of Complement Proteins in Infection and Cancer
- 11. Microbial Evasion Mechanisms Against Human Complement / R. Wurzner and P.F. Zipfel
- 12. Complement-Mediated Antibody-Dependent Enhancement of Viral Infections / Z. Prohaszka [and others]
- 13. Tumor Cell Resistance to Complement-Mediated Lysis / M. Kirschfink and Z. Fishelson
- Part 5. Role of Complement in Autoimmune Diseases, Allergy and Transplantation
- 14. Complement and Autoimmunity / G.C. Tsokos and M. Tolnay
- 15. The Complex Roles of Anaphylatoxins in Allergic Asthma and Autoimmune Diseases / H. Hawlisch [and others]
- 16. Role of Complement in Allergy / L. Varga, H. Farkas and G. Fust
- 17. Complement Activation-Related Pseudoallergy : Mechanism of Anaphylactoid Reactions to Radiocontrast Media and Drug Carrier Liposomes and Micelles / J. Szebeni
- 18. The Role of Complement in Transplantation / M. Kirschfink and T.E. Mollnes
- Part 6. Role of Complement in Acute Catastrophic Illnesses
- 19. Role of Complement in Myocardial Ischemia and Infarction / M.C. Walsh [and others]
- 20. Role of Complement in Intestinal Ischemia/Reperfusion Induced Injury / S.D. Fleming and G. Tsokos
- 21. Role of C5a and C5a Receptor in Sepsis / F.S. Zetoune, P.A. Ward and M.S. Huber-Lang
- 22. Role of Complement in Multi-Organ Dysfunction Syndrome / M.S. Huber-Lang [and others]
- Part 7. The Complement System as Therapeutical Target
- 23. Therapeutic Manipulation of the Complement System / T.E. Mollnes
- 24. Activation and Inhibition of Complement by Immunoglobulins / M. Basta
- 25. Engineering Control of Complement Inhibition at the Cell Surface / R.A.G. Smith [and others].