As antiphospholipid antibody-positive women with adverse pregnancy outcomes have higher plasma complement activation product levels, and the placentas of women with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) ...

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease characterized by tissue injury mediated by inflammatory mechanisms. Nonetheless, several acute-phase proteins may remain normal or are ...

Background B cell complement receptor 1 (CR1) and complement receptor 2 (CR2) levels are decreased by ∼50% in subjects with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). CR2 but not CR1 levels have been ...

2 University of Padua, Internal Medicine Unit, Thrombotic and Hemorrhagic Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, Padua, Italy 3 University of Padua, Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Padua 4 ...

In patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) who are suspected of having an infection, T lymphocyte subsets and immunoglobulin (Ig) and complement levels can ...