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This study aimed to comprehensively characterize the expression of complement components in human glomerular mesangial cells (GMCs), glomerular endothelial cells (GECs), podocytes, and proximal tubular epithelial cells (PTECs) in non-diseased renal tissue.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Complement expression in cultured human renal intrinsic cells was initially evaluated using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and immunofluorescence staining. These findings were further examined using publicly available single-cell RNA-sequencing datasets and 10\u00d7Genomics single-cell RNA sequencing of non-diseased human kidney tissue. The analyses focused on complement components involved in the initiation of the classical, lectin, and alternative pathways, as well as components shared among these activation pathways, terminal pathway components, complement regulators, and complement receptors.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Complement components unique to the initial phase for classical pathway (C1S, C1R, C2, C4), lectin pathway (MBL2, FCN1, MASP1), alternative pathway (CFB, CFD), and the C3 component shared by the three activation pathways were detected in these cells. The components shared by the terminal pathways including C5, C6, C7, C8 and C9 exhibited lower expression, while complement regulators (CFH, CFI, CD55\/DAF, CD46\/MCP, CD59, C4BPB, PROS1\/Protein S) or receptors (CD93\/C1QR1, CR1), particularly membrane-bound proteins, such as DAF, MCP and CD59, which inhibit complement activation and the formation of the membrane attack complex, showed relatively high expression.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>These results showed that all four types of intrinsic renal cells expressed multiple complement components associated with the classical, lectin, and alternative pathways. In non-diseased kidney tissue, complement regulatory molecules involved in the control of complement activation showed relatively higher expression, whereas components of the terminal complement pathway were expressed at relatively lower levels, suggesting that renal intrinsic cells maintain a locally poised but tightly regulated complement system.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fimmu.2026.1881549","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,1]],"date-time":"2026-09-01T05:32:57Z","timestamp":1788240777000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Complement expression profiles in human glomerular mesangial cells, endothelial cells, podocytes and proximal tubular epithelial cells"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Yueming","family":"Gao","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nephrology, Peking University Third 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