Ficolin B in Diabetic Kidney Disease in a Mouse Model of Type 1 Diabetes

Background. The innate immune system may have adverse effects in diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The complement system seems to play a key role through erroneous complement activation via hyperglycaemia-induced neoepitopes. Recently mannan-binding lectin (MBL) was shown to worsen diabetic kidne...

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Main Authors: Charlotte Berg Holt, Jakob Appel Østergaard, Esben Axelgaard, Gitte Krogh Nielsen, Yuichi Endo, Steffen Thiel, Troels Krarup Hansen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-01-01
Series:Mediators of Inflammation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/653260
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