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Mechanistic insights have been challenging since variation within this locus is complex and biological roles of the factor H-related proteins, unlike factor H, are incompletely understood. N. meningitidis subverts immune responses by hijacking a host-immune regulator, complement factor H (CFH), to the bacterial surface (&lt;xref ref-type=\"bibr\" rid=\"bib25\"&gt;Schneider et al., 2006&lt;\/xref&gt;; &lt;xref ref-type=\"bibr\" rid=\"bib17\"&gt;Madico et al., 2007&lt;\/xref&gt;; &lt;xref ref-type=\"bibr\" rid=\"bib27\"&gt;Schneider et al., 2009&lt;\/xref&gt;). We demonstrate that complement factor-H related 3 (CFHR3) promotes immune activation by acting as an antagonist of CFH. Conserved sequences between CFH and CFHR3 mean that the bacterium cannot sufficiently distinguish between these two serum proteins to allow it to hijack the regulator alone. 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