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ArticleNeurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics2026

Site-targeted proximal complement C3 inhibition, but not C5 blockade, attenuates neurodegeneration in a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Implications for failed clinical trials.

Moumita Majumder, Davis M Borucki, Nityananda Chowdhury, Khalil Mallah, Stephen Tomlinson

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Article in Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Moumita MajumderDepartment of Pharmacology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
Davis M BoruckiDepartment of Pharmacology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
Nityananda ChowdhuryDepartment of Pharmacology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
Khalil MallahDepartment of Pharmacology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA; RalphH Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC, USA; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
Stephen TomlinsonDepartment of Pharmacology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA; RalphH Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC, USA. Electronic address: tomlinss@musc.edu.

Funding

Translational Science Laboratory Shared ResourceP30CA138313 · NCI · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI John J Lemasters · 2009 to 2026
$42.7M
The role of SMAD1 and SATB2 in colon patterningP20GM130457 · NIGMS · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI Evan R Delgado · 2020 to 2026
$18.7M
The Role of Early Life Stress in Feeding BehaviorsP20GM148302 · NIGMS · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI Jose H Ledo · 2023 to 2026
$11.5M
Proteomics CoreP30DK123704 · NIDDK · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI Garth R Swanson · 2020 to 2026
$8.8M
Confocal/Multiphoton Microscope UpgradeS10OD018113 · OD · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI LEMASTERS, JOHN J · 2015 to 2015
$570k
High-Content, High-Throughput Multi-Mode Imaging SystemS10OD028663 · OD · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI GOOZ, MONIKA · 2020 to 2020
$416k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Complement activation contributes to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) neuropathology, but whether motor neuron degeneration is driven by proximal or terminal activation products remains unresolved. Failed trials of C5 inhibition - ravulizumab (CHAMPION-ALS) and zilucoplan (ATHLEET/HEALEY ALS Trial), and of systemic C3 inhibition (pegcetacoplan, MERIDIAN) underscore this mechanistic gap. We compared two pharmacologically distinct inhibitors in hSOD1

Indexed as

Amyotrophic Lateral SclerosisComplement C3Complement C5Nerve DegenerationAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalMiceMice, TransgenicSpinal CordComplement C3Complement C5ALSC3hSOD1(G93A)NeuroinflammationSite-targeted complement inhibition

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PMID42492371
PMCPMC13427468

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