Transcriptome analysis of infected myd88−/− embryos revealed that expression of genes involved in complement is for a large part independent of MyD88 (Fig. 3).
This similarity in complement resistance for NTHi strains with a similar multilocus sequence type indicates that NTHi strains had already acquired mechanisms that increased resistance to complement-mediated killing during colonization and retained them during translocation to the middle ear cavity.
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The discovery of genetic variants in complement factor H, for example, firmly established a link between the complement cascade and AMD biology [ 15- 18].
These defects include mutations in complement genes (encoding for factor H, factor I, factor B and C3) or acquired autoantibodies that either stabilize C3 convertase (C3 nephritic factors) or affect the inhibitory complement factors (factor H autoantibodies), leading to dysregulation of the AP C3 convertase, with variable concomitant dysregulation of C5 convertase [ 3, 19].
Mice deficient in complement component C4 (specific for the classical and lectin pathways), but not in factor B (specific for the alternative pathway), are resistant to BP [ 41].
Genetic studies for mutations in complement system regulatory proteins were also obtained.
In 2013, under informed consent, the patient was studied in attempt to characterize possible alterations in complement alternative pathway (AP), searching for either mutations or autoantibodies that caused these decreased serum C3 levels (methods are described in Additional file 1: Methods).
This type of analysis continues to be fundamental in constituting a useful complement for the judgments and opinions of experts in each field, assessing the outcomes of the scientific research activities, as well foreseeing how the research activities might progress (López-Muñoz et al. 2013).
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