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How ‘chaperone’ proteins deal with immune system overreactions
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How ‘chaperone’ proteins deal with immune system overreactions

by Hayley Dunning,  Imperial College London Cryo-electron microscopy structure of the soluble membrane attack complex shows how chaperone protein, clusterin (pink), helps to prevent immune activation complexes (blue) from damaging human cells. Credit: Imperial College London Scientists have discovered how special proteins in the blood prevent our immune system from harming our own cells with overproduced...