supported by grants from the National Outstanding Youth Foundation of China(81025008);973 Program of China(2012CB720604);National Natural Science Foundation of China(31221061,31370197);National Grand Program on Key Infectious Disease(2012ZX10003002-015);the Hubei Province's Outstanding Medical Academic Leader Program,Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team,the 211 program(303-581045);the Science and Technology Program of Wuhan(301274075);the FundamentalResearch Funds for the Central Universities
Ficolins are serum complement lectins,with a structure similar to mannose-binding lectin (MBL) and lung surfactant protein (SP)-A and SP-D.Ficolins activate the lectin complement system and play important roles in...
Acknowledgments This work was supported by grants to X.-L. Zhang from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30870122, 30670098 and 20532020), 973 Program of China 2006CB 504300 and 2009CB522507, National Grand Program on Key Infectious Disease (2008ZX10003-005), Hubei Province Science Technology Department (2006ABD007, 2007ABC 010) and Hubei Ministry of Public Health of (JX1B074).
L-ficolin, one of lectin families, is a recently identified complement factor that initiates lectin pathway of complement. Little is known about its role in viral hepatitis. In the present study, we found that L-ficol...