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JOURNAL OF INNATE IMMUNITY
卷 6, 期 4, 页码 407-416出版社
KARGER
DOI: 10.1159/000356513
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Complement factor H; Age-related macular degeneration; Heparan sulphate; Tissue-specific immune recognition
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- Macular Disease Society [1866]
- Medical Research Council [G0900592, K004441]
- MRC [MR/K024418/1, MR/K004441/1, G0900538] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [MR/K004441/1, MR/K024418/1, G0900538] Funding Source: researchfish
- Fight for Sight [1865/66] Funding Source: researchfish
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness in developed nations and has been associated with complement dysregulation in the central retina. The Y402H polymorphism in the complement regulatory protein factor H (CFH) can confer a >5-fold increased risk of developing AMD and is present in approximately 30% of people of European descent. CFH, in conjunction with other factors, regulates complement activation in host tissues, and the Y402H polymorphism has been found to alter the protein's specificity for heparan sulphate (HS)-a complex polysaccharide found ubiquitously in mammals. HS, which is present on the cell surface and also in the extracellular matrix, exhibits huge structural diversity due to variations in the level/pattern of sulphation, where particular structures may act as 'ZIP codes' for different tissue/cellular locations. Recent work has demonstrated that CFH contains two HS-binding domains that each recognize specific HS ZIP codes, allowing differential recognition of Bruch's membrane (in the eye) or the glomerular basement membrane (in the kidney). Importantly, the Y402H polymorphism impairs the binding of CFH to the HS in Bruch's membrane, which could result in increased complement activation and chronic local inflammation (in 402H individuals) and thereby contribute to AMD pathology. (c) 2013 S. Karger AG, Basel
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