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Complement in Disease - Extracellular Proteins as Complement Regulators
Complement activation occurs during inflammatory joint diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and is thought to contribute to the chronic inflammation observed within the joints. Previous studies have shown that certain cartilage components of the small leucine-rich repeat protein (SLRP)-family …
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Complement aberrations and autoantibodies to complement proteins in relation to disease mechanisms.
The complement system, a part of the innate immune system with several links to the adaptive immune system, plays an important role in the pathogenesis of many diseases. The purpose of this thesis was to document and clarify some of these mechanisms. The thesis is based on four papers (I-IV). (I …
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Complement Structures in Spanish
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-11T17:41:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7405652.pdf: 6439073 bytes, checksum: 37141abc103a00549850b74d0f7edfcc (MD5) Previous issue date: 1973
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Assessment and collaborative writing: Conflict to complement
One of the fundamental problems facing writing instructors who use collaboration is that traditional assessment measures, such as in-class essay exams, undermine rather than support such writing activities that are rooted in social construction theory. While the use of collaboration in writing …
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Sentence Types and Complement Types in English
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-10T21:49:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7212436.pdf: 9281010 bytes, checksum: 0844091955dc5c0f10ca9e0b810106e6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1971
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The grammar of English predicate complement constructions.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Modern Languages. Thesis. 1965. Ph.D.
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The role of complement FH and apoE interactions in the regulation of Aβ1-42 and C1q-mediated complement activation
… (Aβ) protein. Aβ activates the classical complement pathway by binding to C1q that may sustain inflammation, hamper Aβ clearance and therefore promote accumulation of Aβ deposits in the brain and affect the integrity of the blood-brain barrier. Depending on context, binding of apoE to C1q …
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Measurement and mechanisms of complement-induced neutrophil dysfunction
… infection. Both factors are influenced by the complement protein C5a, released by unbridled activation of the complement system during critical illness. C5a suppresses antimicrobial functions of key immune cells, in particular the neutrophil, and this suppression has been shown to be associated …
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Some complement constructions of the Crow Indian language
Thesis. 1975. M.S.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Foreign Literatures and Linguistics.
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The Role of the Complement System in Mousepox Infection
… immunomodulatory virulence factors, including a complement regulatory protein. Ectromelia virus provides a mouse model for human smallpox infection where the virus and the host's immune response have also co-evolved. Using this model, we investigated the role of the complement system in a …
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Potentiating Antibody Therapy by Targeting Complement on Cancer Cells
… these escape variants carried covalently bound complement activation fragments, especially C3d. Indeed, C3d opsonized CLL cells persisted for weeks in circulation. (Beurskens et al., 2012). At final restaging after combined ofatumumab and chemotherapy treatment, many patients had CD20 negative, …
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Environmental complement to Rice and its School of Architecture
Since the first Architecture schools were established in the U.S. over a century ago there have been instances when the country has questioned its own methods, values and identity. The perceptions of a university and, in some cases, of the school of architecture, as microcosms of the world gives …
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Fair division: addressing complement-free valuations and online settings
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-10-20 without embargo terms
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A MythTV Python API to complement the JustPlay Network
In this thesis, I developed an API to control a MythTV backend. This API is called PyMythTV. It allows one to develop software that can take advantage of a PVR device, MythTV. The API was written in Python, which allows for an easy integration of the device into the JustPlay network. With this …
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The Relapsing Fever Spirochete, Borrelia Hermsii, and Complement Regulatory Proteins
… relapsing fever in North America, binds the complement regulatory protein factor H (FH) as a means of evading opsonophagocytosis and the alternative pathway of complement. The sequence of the gene encoding the FH-binding protein has been determined. The protein is unique to B. hermsii and has …
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On the Cohomology of the Complement of a Toral Arrangement
The dissertation uses a number of mathematical formula including de Rham cohomology with complex coefficients to state and prove extension of Brieskorn's Lemma theorem.
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Studies of EHEC and the complement system in renal diseases
… Escherichia coli (EHEC) or with complement dysfunction due to complement mutations or auto-antibodies (atypical HUS, aHUS). EHEC is a non-invasive highly virulent bacterium. In order to gain access to the circulation it first damages the intestinal mucosa. The mechanism of damage …
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