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ReviewMolecular immunology2010

Role and mechanism of action of complement in regulating T cell immunity.

Jason R Dunkelberger, Wen-Chao Song

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Review in Molecular immunology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Trial
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  3. Complement and T cell activation in transplantation.Transplantation reviews (Orlando, Fla.) · 2025
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  4. Tissue-resident C1q + macrophages exert anti-aging potential through the Sirt1 pathway.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2024
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  8. Protective role of host complement system inFrontiers in immunology · 2022
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  13. The Journal of biological chemistry · 2018
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  14. Complement and the Regulation of T Cell Responses.Annual review of immunology · 2018
    Review
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  18. Complement factor H in host defense and immune evasion.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Jason R DunkelbergerInstitute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics and Department of Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Wen-Chao Song

Funding

BIOLOGY OF DECAY ACCELERATING FACTORR01AI044970 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI SONG, WENCHAO · 2000 to 2014
$4.9M
Pathogenesis and therapy of dense deposit disease in a mouse modelR01AI085596 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI SONG, WENCHAO · 2010 to 2019
$3.5M
Complement Regulatory Proteins and Autoimmune DiseaseR01AI049344 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI SONG, WENCHAO · 2002 to 2011
$3.3M
Mechanism of protection of DAF and CD59 in SLER01AI063288 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI SONG, WENCHAO · 2005 to 2009
$1.9M
Regulation of Toll-like receptor signaling by complementR01GM092108 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI SONG, WENCHAO · 2009 to 2012
$1.3M
NIAID NIH HHS AI044970NIAID NIH HHS AI063288NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI044970NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI049344NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI063288NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI085596NIGMS NIH HHS GM092108NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM092108
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Complement is a part of the innate immune system that contributes to first-line host defense. It is also implicated in a number of human inflammatory conditions and has attracted interest as a potential therapeutic target. Understanding the basic biology of complement and its mechanism(s) of action is imperative for developing complement-based treatments for infectious and autoimmune diseases. One of the exciting new developments in this regard is the revelation that complement plays an important role in T cell immunity. In this review, we highlight recent published studies implicating complement in models of CD4+ and CD8+ T cell immune responses, and discuss its potential mechanism(s) action in these processes. We also comment on issues that may impact data interpretation and draw attention to their consideration in future studies.

Indexed as

AnimalsAsthmaComplement ActivationComplement System ProteinsEncephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, ExperimentalHumansImmunityModels, ImmunologicalT-LymphocytesVirus DiseasesComplement System Proteins

Identifiers

PMID20603023
PMCPMC2923545

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