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B-Cell-Activating Factor and Autoimmune Myasthenia Gravis

BAFF is a potent B-cell survival factor, and it plays an essential role in B-cell homeostasis and B-cell function in the periphery. Both normal and autoreactive B cells are BAFF dependent; however, excess BAFF promotes the survival, growth, and maturation of autoreactive B cells. When overexpressed,...

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Autores principales: Ragheb, Samia, Lisak, Robert P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3251912/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22235365
http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/939520