BAFF is produced by astrocytes and up-regulated in multiple sclerosis lesions and primary central nervous system lymphoma

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 195-200

  Krumbholz, Markus ^a   Theil, Diethilde ^b   Derfuss, Tobias ^a,b   Rosenwald, Andreas ^c   Schrader, Frank ^a   Monoranu, Camelia Maria ^c   Kalled, Susan L ^d   Hess, Donna M ^d   Serafini, Barbara ^e   Aloisi, Francesca ^e   Wekerle, Hartmut ^a   Hohlfeld, Reinhard ^a,b   Meinl, Edgar ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d BIOGEN   (United States)

^e ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; PROTEIN BAFF; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENOID; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; B LYMPHOCYTE; BRAIN LEVEL; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TONSIL; UPREGULATION;

EID: 20244384231     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20041674     Document Type: Article

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