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Complement and Kidney Disease

It is evident that a defective or deregulated complement system results in kidney diseases. An important role of complement effector and regulatory proteins in pathological settings of the kidney has been demonstrated. A large panel of distinct human kidney diseases is caused by defective complement...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Zipfel, Peter F. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Basel : Birkhäuser Basel : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2006.
Edición:1st ed. 2006.
Colección:Progress in Inflammation Research,
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The complement system in renal diseases
  • Complement in renal transplantation
  • C1q and the glomerulonephritides: therapeutic approaches for the treatment of complement-mediated kidney diseases
  • Complement deficient mice as model systems for kidney diseases
  • Non-Shiga toxin-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome
  • Role of complement and Factor H in hemolytic uremic syndrome
  • Genetic testing in atypical HUS and the role of membrane cofactor protein (MCP; CD46) and Factor I
  • Towards a new classification of hemolytic uremic syndrome
  • Therapeutic strategies for atypical and recurrent hemolytic uremic syndromes (HUS)
  • Complement defects in children which result in kidney diseases: diagnosis and therapy
  • The role of complement in membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis
  • The experience of a patient advocacy group.