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Biologically active APRIL is secreted following intracellular processing in the Golgi apparatus by furin convertase.
EMBO reports - 1 Oct 2001
López-Fraga M, Fernández R, Albar J P, Hahne M
Abstract excerpt
Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) ligand family members are synthesized as transmembrane proteins, and cleavage of the membrane-anchored proteins from the cell surface is frequently observed. The TNF-related ligands APRIL and BLyS and their cognate receptors BCMA/TACI form a two ligand/two receptor system that has been shown to participate in B- and T-cell stimulation. In contrast to BLyS, which is known to be cleaved...
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