B cells can act alone in autoimmune disease
Thursday, August 7, 2008 - 14:56
in Biology & Nature
B cells, the source of damaging autoantibodies, have long been thought to depend upon T cells for their activation and were not considered important in the initiation of autoimmune diseases like lupus or rheumatoid arthritis.
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