Cutting edge: BAFF promotes autoantibody production via TACI-dependent activation of transitional b cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 196, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 3525-3531

  Jacobs, Holly M ^a   Thouvenel, Christopher D ^a   Leach, Sarah ^a   Arkatkar, Tanvi ^a   Metzler, Genita ^a,b   Scharping, Nicole E ^a   Kolhatkar, Nikita S ^a,b   Rawlings, David J ^a,b   Jackson, Shaun W ^a,b  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; B CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR; CYTIDINE DEAMINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET; TRANSMEMBRANE ACTIVATOR AND CAML INTERACTOR; TNFRSF13B PROTEIN, MOUSE; TNFSF13B PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CELL EXPANSION; EX VIVO STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; B LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNITY; B-CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR; B-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PRECURSOR CELLS, B-LYMPHOID; TRANSMEMBRANE ACTIVATOR AND CAML INTERACTOR PROTEIN;

EID: 84974792665     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1600017     Document Type: Article

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