ANCA Vasculitis and the Complement System, Part 2: On to the Humans

The final episode summarizes the human data on complement in ANCA vasculitis, with a quick discussion of the trials of C5a receptor antagonism.

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• Intro :10
• Welcome :21
• Recap of previous episodes :22
• In this episode 2:12
• Let's start with neutrophil data 5:24
• Studies in humans 11:54
• A summary of the data so far 21:20
• What does all this amount to? 25:41
• Trials of avacopan 28:25
• Side effect profile 36:25
• Thanks for listening 37:06

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