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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2019

Factor B and C4b2a Autoantibodies in C3 Glomerulopathy.

Jill J Hauer, Dingwu Shao, Yuzhou Zhang, Carla M Nester, Richard J H Smith

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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 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 45% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
  2. Article
  3. Acquired drivers of C3 glomerulopathy.Clinical kidney journal · 2025
    Review
  4. Article
  5. Alternative pathway diagnostics.Immunological reviews · 2023
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jill J HauerMolecular Otolaryngology and Renal Research Laboratories, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States.
Dingwu ShaoMolecular Otolaryngology and Renal Research Laboratories, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States.
Yuzhou ZhangMolecular Otolaryngology and Renal Research Laboratories, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States.
Carla M NesterMolecular Otolaryngology and Renal Research Laboratories, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States.
Richard J H SmithMolecular Otolaryngology and Renal Research Laboratories, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States.
University of Iowa · US

Funding

C3 Glomerulopathy -- A Collaborative StudyR01DK110023 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI Patrick Breheny, Carla M Nester · 2017 to 2026
$5.6M
National Science Foundation 000390183NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK110023
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

C3 Glomerulopathy (C3G) is a renal disease mediated primarily by dysregulation of the alternative pathway of complement. Complement is the cornerstone of innate immunity. It targets infectious microbes for destruction, clears immune complexes, and apoptotic cells from the circulation, and augments the humoral response. In C3G, this process becomes dysregulated, which leads to the deposition of complement proteins-including complement component C3-in the glomerular basement membrane of the kidney. Events that trigger complement are typically environmental insults like infections. Once triggered, in patients who develop C3G, complement activity is sustained by a variety of factors, including rare or novel genetic variants in complement genes and autoantibodies that alter normal complement protein function and/or regulation. Herein, we review two such autoantibodies, one to Factor B and the other to C4b2a, the C3 convertase of the classical, and lectin pathways. These two types of autoantibodies are identified in a small fraction of C3G patients and contribute marginally to the C3G phenotype.

Indexed as

AutoantibodiesComplement C4bComplement Factor BGlomerulonephritis, MembranoproliferativeHumansAutoantibodiesComplement C4bComplement Factor BautoantibodiesC3 convertaseC3 glomerulopathiesC5 convertasecomplement dysregulationfactor B

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PMID31024533
PMCPMC6460050
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