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Deficiency in TNFRSF13B (TACI) expands T-follicular helper and germinal center B cells via increased ICOS-ligand expression but impairs plasma cell survival.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 18 Sept 2012
Ou Xijun, Xu Shengli, Lam Kong-Peng
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in TNFRSF13B, better known as transmembrane activator and calcium modulator and cyclophilin ligand interactor (TACI), contribute to common variable immunodeficiency and autoimmunity in humans. How TACI regulates these two opposing conditions is unclear, however. TACI binds the cytokines BAFF and APRIL, and previous studies using gene KO mice indicated that loss of TACI affected only T-cell-independent...
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