B Cell–Activating Factor. An Orchestrator of Lymphoid Follicles in Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - Concepedia

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B Cell–Activating Factor. An Orchestrator of Lymphoid Follicles in Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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2015

Year

Francesca Polverino, Borja G. Cosío, Jaime Pons, María Laucho-Contreras, Paula Tejera, Amanda Iglesias, Ángel Ríos, Andreas Jahn, Jaume Sauleda, Miguel Divo,

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Abstract

Our data support the hypothesis that B-cell BAFF expression creates a self-perpetuating loop contributing to COPD progression by promoting pulmonary B-cell survival and LF expansion.

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