The complement system consists of a number of small proteins found in the blood, in general synthesized by the liver, and normally circulating as inactive precursors (pro-proteins). When stimulated by ...
Iptacopan is an innovative, first-in-class oral small molecule that reversibly inhibits factor B—a crucial serine protease in the alternative pathway of the complement system. By targeting this point ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a first-in-human phase 1/2 study, GT005, an AAV2-based one-time investigational gene therapy, showed ...
AJMC ®: How has treatment of complement-driven diseases changed since 2007, when the first complement inhibitor, eculizumab, was approved? SMITH: The development of eculizumab followed our ...
In a recent study on the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers identified an interleukin 6 (IL-6) dependent alternative pathway as a therapeutic strategy against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).