The innate immune system triggers inflammatory defences against pathogens or dangerous cells but is also involved in the tolerogenic removal of apoptotic cells. Target recognition is mediated by a wide range of soluble or membrane proteins. Among them are the essential complement recognition proteins: mannose-binding lactin, C1q and ficolins. Whereas the structural recognition properties of mannose-binding lectin BL have been extensively studied, the corresponding properties of ficolins and C1q with their ligands had to be deciphered at the atomic level. This was thus the aim of the first part of the project presented here. This was experimentally studied through the X-ray structural analysis of the corresponding ficolins and C1q recognitio...
Complement neutralizes invading pathogens, stimulates inflammatory and adaptive immune responses, an...
International audienceHuman L-ficolin is a soluble protein of the innate immune system able to sense...
Ficolins and mannose-binding lectins (MBLs) are the first components of the lectin branch of the com...
The innate immune system triggers inflammatory defences against pathogens or dangerous cells but is ...
Ficolins are members of the collectin family of proteins which in human and mice are able to recogni...
Apoptotic cell clearance is critical for maintenance of tissue homeostasis and to control the immune...
Efferocytosis is the process of apoptotic cell clearance by phagocytes (e.g macrophages) and is cruc...
Innate immunity relies critically upon the ability of a few pattern recognition molecules to sense m...
L-ficolin is a serum lectin synthesized (as a ~37 kDa polypeptide) predominantly by the liver, and i...
Ficolins are innate immune components that bind to PAMPs and structures on apoptotic cells. Humans p...
H-ficolin is a serum lectin synthesized (as a ~34 kDa polypeptide) predominantly by the liver and lu...
The defence collagens (C1q, MBL, ficolins) are able to recognize various patterns on non-self or alt...
The complement system is an important immune system mechanism involved in both the recognition and e...
International audienceComplement receptor type 1 (CR1) is a membrane receptor expressed on a wide ra...
Complement neutralizes invading pathogens, stimulates inflammatory and adaptive immune responses, an...
Complement neutralizes invading pathogens, stimulates inflammatory and adaptive immune responses, an...
International audienceHuman L-ficolin is a soluble protein of the innate immune system able to sense...
Ficolins and mannose-binding lectins (MBLs) are the first components of the lectin branch of the com...
The innate immune system triggers inflammatory defences against pathogens or dangerous cells but is ...
Ficolins are members of the collectin family of proteins which in human and mice are able to recogni...
Apoptotic cell clearance is critical for maintenance of tissue homeostasis and to control the immune...
Efferocytosis is the process of apoptotic cell clearance by phagocytes (e.g macrophages) and is cruc...
Innate immunity relies critically upon the ability of a few pattern recognition molecules to sense m...
L-ficolin is a serum lectin synthesized (as a ~37 kDa polypeptide) predominantly by the liver, and i...
Ficolins are innate immune components that bind to PAMPs and structures on apoptotic cells. Humans p...
H-ficolin is a serum lectin synthesized (as a ~34 kDa polypeptide) predominantly by the liver and lu...
The defence collagens (C1q, MBL, ficolins) are able to recognize various patterns on non-self or alt...
The complement system is an important immune system mechanism involved in both the recognition and e...
International audienceComplement receptor type 1 (CR1) is a membrane receptor expressed on a wide ra...
Complement neutralizes invading pathogens, stimulates inflammatory and adaptive immune responses, an...
Complement neutralizes invading pathogens, stimulates inflammatory and adaptive immune responses, an...
International audienceHuman L-ficolin is a soluble protein of the innate immune system able to sense...
Ficolins and mannose-binding lectins (MBLs) are the first components of the lectin branch of the com...