{"id":1347,"date":"2026-02-09T19:30:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T19:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/02\/09\/actrims-2026-blocking-c3-protein-seen-to-ease-ms-severity-in-older-mice\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T19:30:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T19:30:32","slug":"actrims-2026-blocking-c3-protein-seen-to-ease-ms-severity-in-older-mice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/02\/09\/actrims-2026-blocking-c3-protein-seen-to-ease-ms-severity-in-older-mice\/","title":{"rendered":"ACTRIMS 2026: Blocking C3 protein seen to ease MS severity in older mice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/news-posts\/2026\/02\/09\/actrims-2026-blocking-c3-protein-eases-ms-severity-older-mice-study\/\" title=\"ACTRIMS 2026: Blocking C3 protein seen to ease MS severity in older mice\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"487\" src=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/iStock-1139438245-800x487.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"A white mouse is seen with its paws near its mouth.\" style=\"margin: auto;margin-bottom: 15px;max-width: 100%\" data-wp-pid=\"159126\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The complement system \u2014 part of the immune system that helps defend against infections \u2014 may play a key role in age-related disease progression in multiple sclerosis (MS), according to findings from a mouse study. In fact, blocking a complement protein called C3 reduced disease severity in older mice but not in younger ones, the [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/news-posts\/2026\/02\/09\/actrims-2026-blocking-c3-protein-eases-ms-severity-older-mice-study\/\">ACTRIMS 2026: Blocking C3 protein seen to ease MS severity in older mice<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\">Multiple Sclerosis News Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/news-posts\/2026\/02\/09\/actrims-2026-blocking-c3-protein-eases-ms-severity-older-mice-study\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The complement system \u2014 part of the immune system that helps defend against infections \u2014 may play a key role in age-related disease progression in multiple sclerosis (MS), according to findings from a mouse study. In fact, blocking a complement protein called C3 reduced disease severity in older mice but not in younger ones, the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1348,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[11,15,9,8,13,14,12,10],"class_list":["post-1347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-multiple-sclerosis-research","tag-brain-repair","tag-marburg-type-ms","tag-ms","tag-multiple-sclerosis","tag-myelin","tag-neuroregeneration","tag-oligodendrocyte","tag-remyelination"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}