Figure 1: Mannose-binding lectin (blue strands) can bind to sites on the SARS-Cov-2 spike protein on the cell membrane. One of the most striking features of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is that across all ...

Epidemiology and Infection, Vol. 142, No. 10 (OCTOBER 2014), pp. 2195-2206 (12 pages) Several studies have evaluated the association between mannose-binding lectin (MBL) polymorphisms and sepsis.

New data suggest an important role of the lectin complement pathway in Shiga-toxin-induced renal injury. The researchers used novel human mannose-binding lectin (MBL)-expressing mice that lacked ...

In a recently published article in the journal Cells, scientists have provided a detailed description of the utility of mannose-specific lectins in preventing coronavirus infections. They have ...

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Omeros Corporation (Nasdaq: OMER) today announced that the Demy-Colton Virtual Salon Series featured an expert discussion of developments in the treatment of severe COVID-19.

Shares of Omeros Corp. (NASDAQ:OMER) jumped 50.9% to $21.32 on Aug. 10 after it reported that six critically ill COVID-19 patients treated with its investigational lectin-pathway inhibitor, ...

Infants born between April 2000 and August 2007 at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Bern, Switzerland, who developed NEC as defined by Bell stage II or III (13) were eligible ...

The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which is due to the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has caused over 5.5 million casualties to date. Despite ...

Immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy is the most prevalent glomerulonephritis worldwide that does not have a specific treatment. Its pathogenesis is complex and not well understood, but there is ...