Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

The complement C3-complement factor D-C3a receptor signalling axis regulates cardiac remodelling in right ventricular failure

  • Shogo Ito,
  • Hisayuki Hashimoto,
  • Hiroyuki Yamakawa,
  • Dai Kusumoto,
  • Yohei Akiba,
  • Takahiro Nakamura,
  • Mizuki Momoi,
  • Jin Komuro,
  • Toshiomi Katsuki,
  • Mai Kimura,
  • Yoshikazu Kishino,
  • Shin Kashimura,
  • Akira Kunitomi,
  • Mark Lachmann,
  • Masaya Shimojima,
  • Gakuto Yozu,
  • Chikaaki Motoda,
  • Tomohisa Seki,
  • Tsunehisa Yamamoto,
  • Yoshiki Shinya,
  • Takahiro Hiraide,
  • Masaharu Kataoka,
  • Takashi Kawakami,
  • Kunimichi Suzuki,
  • Kei Ito,
  • Hirotaka Yada,
  • Manabu Abe,
  • Mizuko Osaka,
  • Hiromi Tsuru,
  • Masayuki Yoshida,
  • Kenji Sakimura,
  • Yoshihiro Fukumoto,
  • Michisuke Yuzaki,
  • Keiichi Fukuda,
  • Shinsuke Yuasa

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33152-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Right ventricular (RV) failure is clinically crucial, but there is no specific therapy. Here, the authors show that the complement alternative pathway is activated in RV failure and that blockade of the pathway ameliorates RV failure in mice.