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Association Between Circulating Levels of the Novel TNF Family Members APRIL and BAFF and Lymphoid Organization in Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome
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Programmed Cell Death of Peripheral Blood B Cells Determined by Laser Scanning Cytometry in Sjögren’s Syndrome with a Special Emphasis on BAFF
Functionally impaired B cells play an important role in the pathogenesis of Sjögren’s syndrome (SS). The aim of the study was to investigate the apoptosis susceptibility of peripheral blood B cells from patien...
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Increased Expression of Fas Ligand on Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infected Macrophages: A Potential Novel Mechanism of Immune Evasion by Mycobacterium tuberculosis?
We have studied the location and mechanism of apoptosis within the granulomas in the lungs at various stages of slowly progressive primary murine Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Parallel sections were analy...