• Synthetic Oligodeoxynucleotide CpG Motifs Activate Human Complement through Their Backbone Structure and Induce Complement-Dependent Cytokine Release 

      de Boer, Eline; Sokolova, Marina; Quach, Huy Quang; Mc Adam, Karin Ekholt; Götz, Maximilian P.; Chaban, Viktoriia; Vaage, Ingvar Jarle; Fageräng, Beatrice Linnea Christina; Woodruff, Trent M.; Garred, Peter; Nilsson, Per; Mollnes, Tom Eirik; Pischke, Soeren (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-11-01)
      Bacterial and mitochondrial DNA, sharing an evolutionary origin, act as danger-associated molecular patterns in infectious and sterile inflammation. They both contain immunomodulatory CpG motifs. Interactions between CpG motifs and the complement system are sparsely described, and mechanisms of complement activation by CpG remain unclear. Lepirudin-anticoagulated human whole blood and plasma were ...