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Complement Factor H deficiency produces coordinated inflammatory transcriptional signatures that are detectable in both kidney tissue and extracellular vesicles, indicating that urinary EVs can serve as non-invasive biomarkers for complement-mediated kidney inflammation. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To determine how complement factor H deficiency affects complement- and macrophage-associated gene expression in kidney tissue and extracellular vesicles during immune-mediated renal injury.

September 8, 2026Immunological Investigations

Complement Factor H Regulates a Complement-Extracellular Vesicle-Macrophage Axis in Immune Mediated Kidney Injury

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ACAum CampanieriUniversity at Buffalo, State University of New York SFShane FraherBuffalo State University PSPoolakkad S. SatheeshkumarUniversity at Buffalo, State University of New York

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Preclinical study demonstrates complement and macrophage activation in factor H-deficient mice, suggesting urinary extracellular vesicles can serve as noninvasive renal injury biomarkers.

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To determine how complement factor H deficiency affects complement- and macrophage-associated gene expression in kidney tissue and extracellular vesicles during immune-mediated renal injury.
Utilized a complement factor H-deficient mouse model of chronic serum sickness to evaluate immune-mediated kidney damage.
Profiled transcriptional signatures across renal tissue as well as serum-, kidney-, and urine-derived extracellular vesicles using microarray analysis and qRT-PCR.
Factor H deficiency significantly increased renal expression of the complement receptor C3aR1 and macrophage-related inflammatory genes, including AIF1, MMP9, S100A10, and CD44.
Extracellular vesicles from factor H-deficient mice lacked factor H transcripts and showed marked upregulation of complement- and macrophage-associated transcripts across serum, kidney, and urine isolates.
Transcriptional patterns within extracellular vesicles closely mirrored the intrarenal inflammatory gene expression profiles observed in tissue.

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Campanieri et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9fd7b758e84d0ff5b46aed https://doi.org/10.1080/08820139.2026.2718198

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Preclinical study demonstrates complement and macrophage activation in factor H-deficient mice, suggesting urinary extracellular vesicles can serve as noninvasive renal injury biomarkers.

Complement Factor H Regulates a Complement-Extracellular Vesicle-Macrophage Axis in Immune Mediated Kidney Injury

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Complement Factor H Regulates a Complement-Extracellular Vesicle-Macrophage Axis in Immune Mediated Kidney Injury

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