Complement C3 Nephritic Factor
"Complement C3 Nephritic Factor" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An IgG autoantibody against the ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY C3 CONVERTASE, found in serum of patients with MESANGIOCAPILLARY GLOMERULONEPHRITIS. The binding of this autoantibody to C3bBb stabilizes the enzyme thus reduces the actions of C3b inactivators (COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; COMPLEMENT FACTOR I). This abnormally stabilized enzyme induces a continuous COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION and generation of C3b thereby promoting the assembly of MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEX and cytolysis.
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D003178
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D12.776.124.486.274.920.287 D12.776.124.486.485.114.323.300 D12.776.124.790.651.114.323.300 D12.776.377.715.548.114.323.300
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Complement C3 Nephritic Factor" by people in Profiles.
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Autoantibody to complement neoantigens in membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis. J Pediatr. 1990 May; 116(5):S98-102.
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A properdin dependent nephritic factor slowly activating C3, C5, and C9 in membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis, types I and III. Clin Immunol Immunopathol. 1989 Mar; 50(3):333-47.
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Hypocomplementemic proliferative glomerulonephritis with C3 nephritic-factor-like activity in multiple myeloma. Nephron. 1989; 52(3):231-7.