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An update on belimumab for the treatment of lupus

B-lymphocyte stimulator (BLyS), a homeostatic factor for B-cell differentiation and survival, has a major role in B-cell expansion and autoreactivity that characterize systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Belimumab, a BLyS-specific inhibitor, has shown promising evidence of efficacy in several precli...

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Autores principales: Thanou-Stavraki, Aikaterini, Sawalha, Amr H
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3044792/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21383914
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/BTT.S13804