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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2019

Complement Therapeutics in Autoimmune Disease.

Joshua M Thurman, Roshini Yapa

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In one paragraph

Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
52citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

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

52 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 78 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Predictive Value of Laboratory Assays Toward Autoimmune Diseases.Journal of clinical laboratory analysis · 2025
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  11. Understanding Autoimmune Response Mechanisms in Leprosy.Indian dermatology online journal · 2025
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  13. 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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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Joshua M ThurmanDepartment of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, United States.
Roshini YapaDepartment of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, United States.
University of Colorado Denver · US

Funding

The Complement System and Ischemic Acute Renal FailureR01DK076690 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI Joshua M Thurman · 2008 to 2026
$6.6M
TRAINING IN RENAL &ELECTROLYTE DISEASE &HYPERTENSIONT32DK007135 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI JOHNSON, RICHARD JOSEPH, KENDRICK, JESSICA B · 1986 to 2024
$5.3M
Immunologic Mechanisms of Progressive GlomerulosclerosisR01DK113586 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI THURMAN, JOSHUA M · 2017 to 2020
$1.4M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK076690NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK113586NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK007135
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many autoimmune diseases are characterized by generation of autoantibodies that bind to host proteins or deposit within tissues as a component of immune complexes. The autoantibodies can activate the complement system, which can mediate tissue damage and trigger systemic inflammation. Complement inhibitory drugs may, therefore, be beneficial across a large number of different autoimmune diseases. Many new anti-complement drugs that target specific activation mechanisms or downstream activation fragments are in development. Based on the shared pathophysiology of autoimmune diseases, some of these complement inhibitory drugs may provide benefit across multiple different diseases. In some antibody-mediated autoimmune diseases, however, unique features of the autoantibodies, the target antigens, or the affected tissues may make it advantageous to block individual components or pathways of the complement system. This paper reviews the evidence that complement is involved in various autoimmune diseases, as well as the studies that have examined whether or not complement inhibitors are effective for treating these diseases.

Indexed as

AutoantibodiesAutoimmune DiseasesComplement ActivationComplement Inactivating AgentsComplement System ProteinsHumansAutoantibodiesComplement Inactivating AgentsComplement System Proteinsantibodyautoimmunitycomplementimmune complextherapeutic

Identifiers

PMID31001274
PMCPMC6456694
OpenAlexW2932637460

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Registered trials

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