Business Wire

International Consortium of Complement Experts Receives €1.3 Million Grant to Study Role of MASP-2 and Lectin Pathway in Traumatic Brain Injury

Omeros also has identified MASP-3 as the protein that is critical to the activation of the complement system’s alternative pathway in humans, which is linked to a wide range of immune-related ...
Business Wire

Omeros Announces Publication of Study Showing that Inhibition of MASP-2, the Key Enzyme of the Complement System’s Lectin Pathway, Protects Against Renal Injury Caused by ...

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Omeros Corporation (Nasdaq: OMER) today announced publication of study results showing that inhibition of mannan-binding lectin-associated serine protease-2 (MASP-2) protects ...
Nature

Mannose-Binding Lectin and Innate Immune Mechanisms

Mannose-binding lectin (MBL) is a soluble C-type lectin that recognises carbohydrate patterns on a wide range of pathogens and initiates the lectin pathway of complement activation. Upon binding to ...
C&EN

Activation of the ‘complement system’ helps trigger dangerous sickle-cell-disease outcome

Among people with sickle cell disease—an inherited blood disorder—acute chest syndrome (ACS) is the leading cause of death. The condition is the result of red blood cells becoming stiff, sticky, and ...