Publication Date:
2015-06-13
Description:
Article B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA) regulates the survival of B cells and is essential for the maintenance of long-lived plasma cells. Here, the authors show that γ-secretase directly sheds BCMA from the cell surface and therefore regulates the number of plasma cells. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms8333 Authors: Sarah A. Laurent, Franziska S. Hoffmann, Peer-Hendrik Kuhn, Qingyu Cheng, Yuanyuan Chu, Marc Schmidt-Supprian, Stefanie M. Hauck, Elisabeth Schuh, Markus Krumbholz, Heike Rübsamen, Johanna Wanngren, Mohsen Khademi, Tomas Olsson, Tobias Alexander, Falk Hiepe, Hans-Walter Pfister, Frank Weber, Dieter Jenne, Hartmut Wekerle, Reinhard Hohlfeld, Stefan F. Lichtenthaler, Edgar Meinl
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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