Lisa Hurler, Ágnes Szilágyi, Federica Mescia, Laura Bergamaschi, Blanka Mező, György Sinkovits, Marienn Réti, Veronika Müller, Zsolt Iványi, János Gál, László Gopcsa, Péter Reményi, Beáta Szathmáry, Botond Lakatos, János Szlávik, Ilona Bobek, Zita Z Prohászka, Zsolt Förhécz, Dorottya Csuka, Erika Kajdácsi, László Cervenak, Petra Kiszel, Tamás Masszi, István Vályi-Nagy, Reinhard Würzner, Paul A Lyons, Erik J M Toonen, Zoltán Prohászka
INTRODUCTION: While complement is a contributor to disease severity in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections, all three complement pathways might be activated by the virus. Lectin pathway activation occurs through different pattern recognition molecules, including mannan binding lectin (MBL), a protein shown to interact with SARS-CoV-2 proteins. However, the exact role of lectin pathway activation and its key pattern recognition molecule MBL in COVID-19 is still not fully understood...
2023: Frontiers in Immunology