"Complement Factor H" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An important soluble regulator of the alternative pathway of complement activation (COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION PATHWAY, ALTERNATIVE). It is a 139-kDa glycoprotein expressed by the liver and secreted into the blood. It binds to COMPLEMENT C3B and makes iC3b (inactivated complement 3b) susceptible to cleavage by COMPLEMENT FACTOR I. Complement factor H also inhibits the association of C3b with COMPLEMENT FACTOR B to form the C3bB proenzyme, and promotes the dissociation of Bb from the C3bBb complex (COMPLEMENT C3 CONVERTASE, ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY).
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D017242
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.124.486.274.920.325.200 D12.776.124.790.223.200 D12.776.377.715.182.200
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| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Complement Factor H" by people in Profiles.
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Mechanistic insights into the structure-based design of a CspZ-targeting Lyme disease vaccine. Nat Commun. 2025 Apr 07; 16(1):2898.
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CspZ FH-Binding Sites as Epitopes Promote Antibody-Mediated Lyme Borreliae Clearance. Infect Immun. 2022 07 21; 90(7):e0006222.
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The Factor H-Binding Site of CspZ as a Protective Target against Multistrain, Tick-Transmitted Lyme Disease. Infect Immun. 2020 04 20; 88(5).
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C-reactive protein and complement factor H polymorphism interaction in advanced exudative age-related macular degeneration. Int Ophthalmol. 2017 Oct; 37(5):1161-1168.
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Evaluation of CC-cytokine ligand 2 and complementary factor H Y402H polymorphisms and their interactional association with age-related macular degeneration. Acta Ophthalmol. 2016 Dec; 94(8):e779-e785.
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Regulatory components of the alternative complement pathway in endothelial cell cytoplasm, factor H and factor I, are not packaged in Weibel-Palade bodies. PLoS One. 2015; 10(3):e0121994.
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Investigating the CFH Gene Polymorphisms as a Risk Factor for Age-related Macular Degeneration in an Iranian Population. Ophthalmic Genet. 2016 06; 37(2):144-9.
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Thrombotic microangiopathies and the linkage between von Willebrand factor and the alternative complement pathway. Semin Thromb Hemost. 2014 Jul; 40(5):544-50.
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Human complement factor H is a reductase for large soluble von Willebrand factor multimers--brief report. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2013 Nov; 33(11):2524-8.
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The interaction between factor H and Von Willebrand factor. PLoS One. 2013; 8(8):e73715.