Journal Article Ppublish
PubMed: 39918335 DOI: 10.1128/msphere.00531-24
mSphere of Influence: Complement activity beyond systemic circulation-implications in the context of infections.
mSphere 10(3):e0053124
Authors: Jigar V Desai
Affiliations
- Center for Discovery and Innovation, Hackensack Meridian Health, Nutley, New Jersey, USA.
Abstract
Jigar V. Desai works in the field of immunology, studying the mucosal and systemic complement systems and their roles in regulating the immune response. In this mSphere of Influence article, he reflects on how the papers by the Kemper, Kulkarni, and Kasper laboratories made an impact on his ongoing work investigating the cell-intrinsic and extrinsic regulation of complement and studying its impacts on mucosal and systemic immunity.
MeSH
Work, Immunity, Complement System Proteins, Infections