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ReviewMolecular immunology2017

Intracellular complement - the complosome - in immune cell regulation.

Giuseppina Arbore, Claudia Kemper, Martin Kolev

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Review in Molecular immunology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 129 papers.

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129citing papers in PubMed
8.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

129 citing papers in PubMed, 192 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Exploring the intersection of atherosclerosis and Alzheimer's disease: the role of inflammation and complement activation.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2025
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  17. Complement C3 Activation in the Human Retinal Pigment Epithelium.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2025
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  19. Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury: from Mechanistic Insights to Therapeutic Strategies.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Giuseppina ArboreDivision of Transplant Immunology and Mucosal Biology, MRC Centre for Transplantation, King's College London, Guy's Hospital, Great Maze Pond, London SE1 9RT, UK.
Claudia KemperDivision of Transplant Immunology and Mucosal Biology, MRC Centre for Transplantation, King's College London, Guy's Hospital, Great Maze Pond, London SE1 9RT, UK; Laboratory of Molecular Immunology at the Immunology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Martin KolevDivision of Transplant Immunology and Mucosal Biology, MRC Centre for Transplantation, King's College London, Guy's Hospital, Great Maze Pond, London SE1 9RT, UK. Electronic address: martin.kolev@kcl.ac.uk.
Guy's Hospital · GBNational Heart Lung and Blood Institute · US

Funding

The role of the intracellular complement system - the complosome - in Th1 biologyZIAHL006223 · NHLBI · NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE · PI KEMPER, CLAUDIA · 2017 to 2025
$16.9M
The role of the intracellular complement system - the complosome - in monocytesZIAHL006222 · NHLBI · NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE · PI KEMPER, CLAUDIA · 2017 to 2025
$3.2M
Medical Research Council MR/J006742/1Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The complement system was defined over a century ago based on its ability to "complement" the antibody-mediated and cell-mediated immune responses against pathogens. Today our understanding of this ancient part of innate immunity has changed substantially and we know now that complement plays an undisputed pivotal role in the regulation of both innate and adaptive immunity. The complement system consists of over 50 blood-circulating, cell-surface expressed and intracellular proteins. It is key in the recognition and elimination of invading pathogens, also in the removal of self-derived danger such as apoptotic cells, and it supports innate immune responses and the initiation of the general inflammatory reactions. The long prevailing classic view of complement was that of a serum-operative danger sensor and first line of defence system, however, recent experimental and clinical evidences have demonstrated that "local" tissue and surprisingly intracellular complement (the complosome) activation impacts on normal cell physiology. This review will focus on novel aspects of intracellular complement activation and its unexpected roles in basic cell processes such as metabolism. We also discuss what the existence of the complosome potentially means for how the host handles intracellular pathogens such as viruses.

Indexed as

Adaptive ImmunityAnimalsComplement ActivationComplement System ProteinsCytoplasmHumansImmunity, CellularImmunity, InnateModels, ImmunologicalT-LymphocytesComplement System Proteins

Identifiers

PMID28601357
PMCPMC7112704
OpenAlexW2624182991

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