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Loss of TACI causes fatal lymphoproliferation and autoimmunity, establishing TACI as an inhibitory BLyS receptor.
Immunity - 1 Feb 2003
Seshasayee Dhaya, Valdez Patricia, Yan Minhong, Dixit Vishva M, Tumas Daniel, Grewal Iqbal S
Abstract excerpt
BLys , a key cytokine that sustains B cell maturation and tolerance, binds three receptors: BR3, BCMA, and TACI. Results from knockout mice implicate a major functional role for BR3 and a redundant one for BCMA in B cell function. TACI's role is controversial based on defects in TI antibody responses accompanied by B cell hyperplasia in knockout mice. We have presently characterized a precise role for TACI in...
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