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Interleukin 6 signaling promotes anti-aquaporin 4 autoantibody production from plasmablasts in neuro...

Interleukin 6 signaling promotes anti-aquaporin 4 autoantibody production from plasmablasts in neuro...

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Interleukin 6 signaling promotes anti-aquaporin 4 autoantibody production from plasmablasts in neuromyelitis optica

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Interleukin 6 signaling promotes anti-aquaporin 4 autoantibody production from plasmablasts in neuromyelitis optica

Publisher

United States: National Academy of Sciences

Journal title

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, 2011-03, Vol.108 (9), p.3701-3706

Language

English

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United States: National Academy of Sciences

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Contents

Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is an inflammatory disease affecting the optic nerve and spinal cord, in which autoantibodies against aquaporin 4 (AQP4) water channel protein probably play a pathogenic role. Here we show that a B-cell subpopulation, exhibiting the CD19intCD27highCD38highCD180⁻ phenotype, is selectively increased in the peripheral blood...

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Interleukin 6 signaling promotes anti-aquaporin 4 autoantibody production from plasmablasts in neuromyelitis optica

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_907156710

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_907156710

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ISSN

0027-8424

E-ISSN

1091-6490

DOI

10.1073/pnas.1017385108

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