Second, various regulators (such as factor H, complement receptor 1 (CR1; also known as CD35) or decay-accelerating factor (DAF; also known as CD55)), which consist of extended chains of short ...

Further experiments showed that SARS-CoV-2 also binds to Factor H, another complement regulatory protein that is primarily found in the bloodstream. Confronting the virus particles with active ...

SARS-CoV-2 successfully protects itself from complement-mediated lysis by hijacking three of these regulatory proteins, CD55, CD59, and Factor H, according to a new study conducted by Anna ...