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SUBMITTER: Ramskold D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6412067 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ramsköld Daniel D Parodis Ioannis I Lakshmikanth Tadepally T Sippl Natalie N Khademi Mohsen M Chen Yang Y Zickert Agneta A Mikeš Jaromír J Achour Adnane A Amara Khaled K Piehl Fredrik F Brodin Petter P Gunnarsson Iva I Malmström Vivianne V
EBioMedicine 20181226
<h4>Background</h4>Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic autoimmune disease, which exhibits multiple B cell abnormalities including expanded populations of memory B cells and elevated levels of autoantibodies. Belimumab is a monoclonal antibody targeting the B cell cytokine BAFF (a.k.a. BLyS), approved for the treatment of SLE.<h4>Methods</h4>In this prospective cohort study, B cells from peripheral blood of 23 SLE patients initiating belimumab treatment and followed longitudinally fo ...[more]