Complement in Acute Liver Failure: The Right Timing to Give a Sincere Compliment

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine II, Saarland University Medical Center, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany. Electronic address: susanne.weber@uks.eu.
² Department of Medicine II, Saarland University Medical Center, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany.

Editorial

Susanne N Weber et al. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021.

. 2021;11(5):1546-1547.

doi: 10.1016/j.jcmgh.2021.02.011. Epub 2021 Mar 20.

¹ Department of Medicine II, Saarland University Medical Center, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany. Electronic address: susanne.weber@uks.eu.
² Department of Medicine II, Saarland University Medical Center, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany.

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Complement-5 Inhibition Deters Progression of Fulminant Hepatitis to Acute Liver Failure in Murine Models.
Kusakabe J, Hata K, Miyauchi H, Tajima T, Wang Y, Tamaki I, Kawasoe J, Okamura Y, Zhao X, Okamoto T, Tsuruyama T, Uemoto S. Kusakabe J, et al. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021;11(5):1351-1367. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmgh.2021.01.001. Epub 2021 Jan 12. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021. PMID: 33444818 Free PMC article.

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