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B cell maturation antigen deficiency exacerbates lymphoproliferation and autoimmunity in murine lupus.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Jun 2011
Jiang Chao, Loo William M, Greenley Erin J, Tung Kenneth S, Erickson Loren D
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Systemic lupus erythematosus and its preclinical lupus-prone mouse models are autoimmune disorders involving the production of pathogenic autoantibodies. Genetic predisposition to systemic lupus erythematosus results in B cell hyperactivity, survival of self-reactive B cells, and differentiation to autoantibody-secreting plasma cells (PCs). These corrupt B cell responses are, in part, controlled by excess levels...
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