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ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2018

C1q restrains autoimmunity and viral infection by regulating CD8

Guang Sheng Ling, Greg Crawford, Norzawani Buang, Istvan Bartok, Kunyuan Tian, Nicole M Thielens, Isabelle Bally, James A Harker, Philip G Ashton-Rickardt, Sophie Rutschmann and 2 more

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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 116 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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116citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

116 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 185 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Cytotoxic T Cells: Kill, Memorize, and Mask to Maintain Immune Homeostasis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  16. C1qAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  17. The complement system in autoimmune diseases: pathogenesis, diagnostic markers, and therapeutic strategies.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2025
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  18. Complement System Inhibitors in Nephrology: An Update-Narrative Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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56 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Guang Sheng LingFaculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London W12 ONN, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6347-0005
Greg CrawfordFaculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London W12 ONN, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2955-1661
Norzawani BuangFaculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London W12 ONN, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4897-5379
Istvan BartokFaculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London W12 ONN, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8824-9067
Kunyuan TianFaculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London W12 ONN, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5163-6381
Nicole M ThielensUniversity Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, IBS, F-38000 Grenoble, France.ORCID 0000-0002-7354-0302
Isabelle BallyUniversity Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, IBS, F-38000 Grenoble, France.
James A HarkerFaculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London W12 ONN, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0301-6898
Philip G Ashton-RickardtFaculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London W12 ONN, UK.
Sophie RutschmannFaculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London W12 ONN, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3932-1162
Jessica StridFaculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London W12 ONN, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3690-2201
Marina BottoFaculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London W12 ONN, UK. m.botto@imperial.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-1458-3791
Imperial College London · GBCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FR

Funding

Department of HealthWellcome Trust 108008
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Deficiency of C1q, the initiator of the complement classical pathway, is associated with the development of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Explaining this association in terms of abnormalities in the classical pathway alone remains problematic because C3 deficiency does not predispose to SLE. Here, using a mouse model of SLE, we demonstrate that C1q, but not C3, restrains the response to self-antigens by modulating the mitochondrial metabolism of CD8

Indexed as

AnimalsAutoantibodiesAutoimmunityCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesComplement C1qComplement C3Complement Pathway, ClassicalDisease Models, AnimalImmunoglobulinsImmunologic MemoryLupus Erythematosus, SystemicLymphocytic ChoriomeningitisMiceMice, Mutant StrainsAutoantibodiesComplement C1qComplement C3Immunoglobulins

Identifiers

PMID29724957
PMCPMC6545171
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