Reduced competitiveness of autoantigen-engaged B cells due to increased dependence on BAFF.

By R. Lesley, Ying Xu, S. Kalled, D. Hess, Susan R. Schwab, H. Shu, J. Cyster. Immunity, 2004

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Subfields: Immunology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine

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• Cracking the BAFF code (2009, background): “In summary, the nature of the BCR on developing self-reactive B cells, the quality of its interaction with self antigen and the need to compete with healthy B cells are key determinants of whether excess BAFF will allow emergence of these cells into the mature B cell poo”