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SUBMITTER: Asgari E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5184842 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Asgari Elham E Farrar Conrad A CA Lynch Nicholas N Ali Youssif M YM Roscher Silke S Stover Cordula C Zhou Wuding W Schwaeble Wilhelm J WJ Sacks Steven H SH
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 20140527 9
Mannan-binding lectin-associated serine protease 2 (MASP-2) has been described as the essential enzyme for the lectin pathway (LP) of complement activation. Since there is strong published evidence indicating that complement activation via the LP critically contributes to ischemia reperfusion (IR) injury, we assessed the effect of MASP-2 deficiency in an isogenic mouse model of renal transplantation. The experimental transplantation model used included nephrectomy of the remaining native kidney ...[more]