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SUBMITTER: Zhang J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7511233 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Jie J Song Lihong L Pedersen Dennis V DV Li Anna A Lambris John D JD Andersen Gregers Rom GR Mollnes Tom Eirik TE Ma Ying Jie YJ Garred Peter P
eLife 20200910
Properdin stabilizes the alternative C3 convertase (C3bBb), whereas its role as pattern-recognition molecule mediating complement activation is disputed for decades. Previously, we have found that soluble collectin-12 (sCL-12) synergizes complement alternative pathway (AP) activation. However, whether this observation is C3 dependent is unknown. By application of the C3-inhibitor Cp40, we found that properdin in normal human serum bound to <i>Aspergillus fumigatus</i> solely in a C3b-dependent m ...[more]