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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"B-Cell Activating Factor"”.
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Enhancement of the An1 Population by BAFF: Potential Role in Autoimmune Disease
… found to be essential for the homeostasis of B cells. Numerous studies have shown BAFF to be involved in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases, including Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) and Rheumatoid Arthritis. In an effort to understand the role of BAFF in the pathogenesis of autoimmune …
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Sex steroid hormones - roles in adaptive immunity and vascular pathology
… diseases probably relates to a number of factors, e.g. difference in exposure to risk factors and response to therapy, together with the effects of sex steroid hormones on disease pathophysiology. The sex difference and the effect of sex steroid hormones sometimes coincide while sometimes …
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Identifizierung, Charakterisierung und funktionelle Analyse der Bindungspartner von APRIL und TACI auf Monozyten und Dendritischen Zellen
… proliferation inducing ligand) und BAFF (engl.:B cell activating factor of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) family) sind zwei eng verwandte Liganden innerhalb der TNF-Familie. Beide Liganden teilen sich zwei Rezeptoren, TACI (engl.: transmembrane activator and CAML interactor) und BCMA (engl.: B …
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Charakterisierung des Zytokins BAFF als wichtiger Regulator der B-Zellfunktion beim Haushuhn
… chicken homologue of the mammalian cytokine “B cell activating factor belonging to the TNF family” (BAFF) in a chicken EST-database. The cDNAs encoded for the complete open reading frame of chicken BAFF (chBAFF) including a transmembrane domain and a potential furine cleavage side. ChBAFF shows …
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CD21 and CD24 Co-expression: A Translational Model between Mouse and Human
… Erythematosus and Rheumatoid Arthritis are B cell-mediated autoimmune diseases that afflict millions of people worldwide. B cell-targeted therapies for these diseases result in variable clinical outcomes. Thus, a need exists to better understand the dynamics of human B cell production and …