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The complement (C) system plays important roles in host defense but activation at inappropriate sites or to an excessive degree can cause host tissue damage. C has been implicated as a factor in the causation or propagation of tissue injury in numerous diseases. The brain is an immunologically isolated site, sheltered from circulating cells and proteins of the immune system; nevertheless, there...
Amyloid plaques are the pathological hallmark of Alzheimer Disease (AD) brains, being found primarily in the hippocampus and neocortex, where AD pathology is most evident. Complement activation is associated with amyloid plaques which are made from fibrils of aggregated amyloid peptides, 39-42 amino acids long. In vitro studies show that aggregated amyloid peptides activate complement via the classical...
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