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Exploiting a novel conformational switch to control innate immunity mediated by complement protein C3a

Authors :
Rink-Jan Lohman
Johan K. Hamidon
Robert C. Reid
Jessica A. Rowley
Mei-Kwan Yau
Maria A. Halili
Daniel S. Nielsen
Junxian Lim
Kai-Chen Wu
Zhixuan Loh
Anh Do
Jacky Y. Suen
Abishek Iyer
David P. Fairlie
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2017)
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2017.

Abstract

Complement C3a is an important protein in innate and adaptive immunity, but its roles in vivo are unclear. Here the authors develop novel chemical agonists and antagonists for the C3a receptor, and show that they modulate mast cell degranulation and inflammation in a rat paw edema model

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
8
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.9b55fdd2b33140c08bc5b8dacdba336c
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00414-w