No evidence for an association between the -871 T/C promoter polymorphism in the B-cell-activating factor gene and primary Sjögren's syndrome

Polyclonal B cell activation might be related to pathogenic over-expression of B-cell-activating factor (BAFF) in primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) and other autoimmune diseases. We therefore investigated whether BAFF over-expression in pSS could be a primary, genetically determined event that l...

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Main Authors: Gottenberg, Jacques-Eric, Sellam, Jérémie, Ittah, Marc, Lavie, Frédéric, Proust, Alexis, Zouali, Habib, Sordet, Christelle, Sibilia, Jean, Kimberly, Robert P, Mariette, Xavier, Miceli-Richard, Corinne
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2006
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1526574/