The Plasma Cell Signature in Autoimmune Disease

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OBJECTIVE: Production of pathogenic autoantibodies by self-reactive plasma cells (PCs) is a hallmark of autoimmune diseases. We undertook this study to investigate the prevalence of PCs and their relationship to known pathogenic pathways to increase our understanding of the role of PCs in disease progression and treatment response. METHODS: We developed a sensitive gene expression-based method to overcome the...

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